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.
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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...
By Joshua Rauh and Luigi Zingales A GM bailout would delay restructuring and ultimately destroy jobs. Restructuring under Chapter 11 is the best solution, but credit market conditions require the US government to provide transitional, “Debtor in Possession” financing. To avoid political interference, the actual lending decisions should be made by a commercial bank with a stake in th...
Asian stocks suffered sharp losses Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei edging back toward the past month’s lows, with Sony Corp. under pressure in a glum session for electronics makers after data showed Japan’s exports continue to decelerate.
Activist investor updates his plan to separate retailer's stores from the land under them.
This is certainly the season for the bears. They were able to break the 2008 lows on the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000. The Dow has somehow managed to hold above its October intraday low and I’m sure everybody will be watching that level in the coming days. That Dow low holding seems to be the last hope for the bulls in the short term — and that would be nothing but hope. Th...
Prices of Treasury coupon securities posted gains today but the extent of the gains depended on the point on the yield curve at which the security resided. The yield on the 2 year note slipped 6 basis points to close at 1.07 percent. The yield on the 3 year note dropped 9 basis points to 1.34 percent. And then the bigger gains begin. The yield on the 5 year note tumbled 15 basis points to 2.05 ...
Collectible Investments: 100-year old $20 gold piece up 65% in past five years
Wed, Nov 19, 7:10 PM ET
Filed under: Other issues, ColumnsCan investing and collecting go hand-in-hand? Yes -- especially if you are collecting coins, stock certificates, bank notes or other rare items of value. Larry Schutts, an expert in investment-related collectibles, will review items of interest from his collection and answer your questions here each week.Some 40 million American adults are considered collectors...
No, that's not Dalmatians but the number of stocks in the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 index now trading for less than $10 a share.