Dow Industrial

Bonfire of the Insanities

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Dorfman

With mounting evidence of better days ahead for both the economy and the stock market, many bears have toned down their negative comments and are running for cover. Bud Conrad is not among them.

Hallelujah, Salvation Is At Hand! Or Is It?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Dorfman

Fundamental problems are not being resolved, but rather papered over: the excess debt of low quality, excess speculation in the financial markets and mushrooming debt and deficits.

3 Cassandras Bare Ticking Time Bombs

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Dorfman

According to a trio of incisive trackers of the economic and investment scene, there are several ticking fiscal time bombs -- inconspicuous, and so far ignored -- that are waiting to explode.

Dow Plummets Nearly 400 Points On Unemployment News, High Oil Prices

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Wall Street tumbled Friday, taking the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points, on a pair of alarming economic developments: oil...