With yesterday’s report showing how steeply prices fell last month, I wanted to revisit the issue of inflation’s impact on stock prices. Let me add the important caveat that correlation doesn’t necessarily mean causation. The short answer is that inflation is bad for stocks. In fact, the only thing worse is deflation. What the market likes is inflation that's nice, steady, pre...
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The FOMC minutes were just released from its recent 10/28 - 10/29 meeting. Here are the highlights: The information reviewed at the October meeting indicated that economic conditions deteriorated in recent months. The labor market weakened further in September as private payrolls fell at a faster pace than earlier in the year and the unemployment rate remained above six percent. Industrial prod...
I understand the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is considered something of a sacred cow, our one point of light in an uncertain world. An academic who cannot be questioned by other academics. A smart person who has mastered the Great Depression and therefore “knows” what to do, and is providing the leadership to do it. I am beginning to question all of these assumptions.
Those of you who have seen the chart below on my blog over the last year-and-a-half might have already guessed what it looks like after yesterday's dramatic plunge in the consumer price index - it's now screaming DEFLATION.Not that there's anyreal significance to the fact that it's screaming deflation.As noted here, in a world full of fiat money, "deflation" is nothing more than an am...
This 2 part series will cover recent market developments about Berkshire Hathaway, points to a strategy on how you may benefit more on the same trades he did recently and an option trading strategy that probably Berkshire uses for maximizing it returns on the underlying they find worth investing. Don’t forget to read the big picture of US stock markets. Markets are behaving pretty much th...
(Reuters) - The U.S. financial system still needs at least $1 trillion to $1.2 trillion of tangible common equity to restore confidence and improve liquidity in the credit markets, Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst Paul Miller said.
Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: Battle lines forming in nascent robotics field
Thu, Nov 20, 12:01 AM ET
Microsoft Corp. has very clearly set its sights on what could be the next big field of technology – robots. But the software titan will have to compete with open-source developers who are also making a big push in the field.
For those of you who have been following this blog, you know where I stand on the proposed aid package for US automakers (see Preventing Moral Hazard in the Auto Industry for background). I am not opposed to aid for General Motors (GM) and Ford (F), provided that aid come with strict terms: A moratorium on acquisitions (whether with Chrysler, or otherwise) A rationalization of operations - a re...
First, I want to let you know that I'm pleased how popular the "live chat" feature is, but rest assured, if someone claims to be me, it isn't. I don't have time to shave (or, usually, even get dressed) in my life. God knows I don't have time to hang out in chat. So if someone's there claiming to be me, it isn't. Promise. (Or if it really is me, you will be dazzled at my virtually impossible typ...
Audience-measuring firm's shares tank after clients defect to rival Nielsen.