There's no way to really understand the meaning of the investment mantra "stocks for the long run," unless you understand how long the long run can really be. And how long can it be? Long.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business
Real worry has a very short half-life on Wall Street of say three to six months. After every giant decline, there's an enormous rebound and the thing for investors to keep in mind is that we're still in one.
Robert Creamer | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
The financial sector, including the big insurance companies, has morphed into a cancer growing on our economy -- a cancer that could easily strangle our prospects for long-term economic security.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business
Keeping in mind that the market has already ballooned some 50% in the past seven months -- meaning you just could be late to the party -- what do you buy?
Posted 10.09.2009 | Business
In an interview with CNBC today, billionaire investor Carl Icahn warned that the economy is still "on a precipice." Because the market is acting "schi...
Dan Dorfman | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business
The bull-bear debate rages on, but no two ways about it: the bull has firmly grabbed the Wall Street reins. The bears are still out there hollering fire, but the fact of life is no one is paying any attention to the dire warnings.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business
Anything Goes capitalism workers' lives, but it sure does work for the private equity firms. They made around $750 million in profits from the now-indebted and bankrupt Simmons.
The Big Picture | Barry Rithholtz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business
Far be it from me to challenge a 2-time Nobel prize winner, but sometimes, indeed, quite often, markets decouple from the economic fundamentals. I ...
Dan Dorfman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business
On the surface, the U.S.'s failure to win the 2016 Olympic games is no big deal. But others see it as indicative of problems down the road. Is the IOC's decision a red flag the market should be wary of?
Dan Dorfman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business
Stock tracker Michael Markowski sees a high probability that another crash -- a scare-you-to-death plunge of 50% or more in the S&P 500 -- could kick off this month and run through mid-2010.
Posted 10.01.2009 | Business
Samantha Bee of The Daily Show recently unearthed a new money-making scheme for some small scale investors: high-frequency trading. Up until now, Bee ...
Bloomberg.com | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business
"The odds are that we flatten out, even though earnings are doing very well," Greenspan said in an interview with Bloomberg Television, referring to t...
Larry Gellman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
With investments, mob psychology takes over. People get greedy at the top and afraid at the bottom. At the end of the day, they almost always default in favor of sleeping at night.
Diane Francis | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business
I sat down recently with Peter Kraus. In December, at the height of the market turmoil, he became Chair and CEO of Alliance/Bernstein of New York, one of the world's largest asset management firms.
Sarah O'Leary | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business
You don't need to be an economic scholar to understand the basics of supply and demand. If a consumer product falls in the retail forest and no one cares, the register won't make a sound.
Robert Reich | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business
Regardless of what you call it -- Keynesianism, socialism, or just pragmatism -- government's expansion is doing wonders for business, especially big business and Wall Street.
Lee Schneider | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living
When you are working with an unstable system, like the stock market or a gun battle or both having too much on your mind will slow you down.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
As far as the stock market goes: Don't fall in love with supposedly sure things because the wrong sure thing can kill you.
Michael J. Panzner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
Many of those at Main Street's front lines are following the old Wall Street dictum: When the ducks are quacking, feed them.
Diane Francis | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business
A quick survey of market catastrophes reveals that autumn is not only when the traditional harvest comes in, but also when we reap what we have sown -- whether it's corn or bad economic policy.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business
To money manager Selwyn Ortz of Hong Kong-based HK Investments Ltd., the sudden mad dash for equities conjures up an observation from Winston Churchill: "The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."
Dan Dorfman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business
There's an old Wall Street saying: Buy on the bad news! That's exactly what fired-up investors did on Friday.
Michael Moore | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment
Tonight, at the Venice Film Festival, I will premiere my new movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story." After 16 months of production, I am proud to present this work of mine to you. It is unlike anything you'll see this year.
Lisa Guest | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
I'm beginning to see the error in my ways and how a dark overview has robbed my life of much joy and possible adventure.
Stephen Herrington | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business
As the very rich have increased the gulf between their wealth and that of the average citizen, two patterns have emerged.
Henry Blodget | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business