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Did the Obama team get the stimulus about right, we averted a depression, and things are already reverting to normal? Don't count those chickens yet.
John Standerfer | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business
In this post-Madoff environment, where the SEC needs all the credibility it can muster, it's critical that the agency not provide a knee-jerk response to every whim of the media and politicians.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media
Newsweek, the New York Times the Wall Street Journal are proclaiming the end of the recession. It seems unlikely that the army of 14.7 million unemployed Americans will share their exuberance.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business
Several prominent economic voices are now calling for a double-dip recession -- an end to the current one, a recovery of sorts and then a slide back into another recession.
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business
It takes time for labor unemployment to go down, but there is now a lot of slack capacity and eventually that slack capacity will be priced appropriately and then, finally, consumers will spend.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 08.25.2009 | Business
The bottom line from Chinese bulls: As far as putting your money to work in risky China goes, this could be the year the pig outshines the bull and the bear.
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 08.25.2009 | Business
Like last week, this week we learned more about the underlying structure of the US economy. More and more little pieces are coming together indicating the worst is probably over.
Michael J. Panzner | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business
Ordinarily, a bull run like this would be cause for optimism, on the belief that savvy investors see a light at the end of the tunnel. But could the good news that is powering share prices be bad news for the economy?
Jim Randel | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business
For now anyway, while June's housing numbers are certainly welcome, they do not indicate great news for a large segment of the U.S. housing market.
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business
The right wing's favorite barometer was the stock market until the markets started to rally in March.
U.S. News & World Report | Kirk Shinkle | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business
With a little luck, the economy and the stock market should hit bottom sometime this year. In fact, there's a chance that both already have, although ...
Jill Schlesinger | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business
Avoiding financial calamity is a good thing and it does appear that the global economy is past the worst point in the cycle, but a self-sustained recovery is not necessarily in the bag.
Alan Schram | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business
It should be obvious to all that we can't get out from under our mountain of debt through spending.
Michael Russnow | Posted 07.28.2009 | Business
This 1:20 split smells, to me, a bit too rancid for the ordinary shareholders, not to mention the U.S. public who are hoping to recover their investment.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.21.2009 | Business
In recent weeks, as the market stalled, investors have gone back on a starvation diet. So what's next? If this past week is any indication, look for a resumption of financial heartburn.
N. E. Marsden | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business
Pioneers in the field of neurofinance are searching for the right neurococktail of emotion and logic for today's fast-paced electronic marketplace.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.14.2009 | Business
Oil is going up, interest rates are going up and unemployment will go --- all bad things --- and yet they're not killing the market. One money manager says that means the upward trend remains intact.
Henry Blodget | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business
Your money manager has walloped the market by 5% per year for the past 10 years, so he's obviously a genius, right? Actually, no. He had a 1-in-5 chance of doing that just by throwing darts.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business
Veteran San Francisco money manager Gary Wollin expects a "buying panic" -- a veritable flood of new stock purchases -- to kick off any day now and push the equity market appreciably higher.
Michael J. Panzner | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business
In recent months, the spread between short and long-term bond yields has increased significantly, hitting record extremes. Many market-watchers believ...
Lesley Stern | Posted 06.29.2009 | Comedy
Many banks won't accept deposits of less than $100. Those that do tend to get a little uppity when presented with a deposit in 20 lbs. of rolled pennies.
AP | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business
NEENAH, Wis. — If your stock portfolio isn't performing as well as you'd like, maybe you could hand it over to these fifth-graders. Four student...
Ryan Mack | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business
Employees are now burdened with the responsibility of planning for their own retirement since defined contribution plans became the norm.
Amy Domini | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business
Government continues to be surprisingly effective in fighting the economic battle, in creatively looking at ways to tax, to incentivize good behavior, and in raising America's reputation abroad.
Dan Dorfman | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business
The market bottom, contrary to renewed market enthusiasm stemming from the recent rally, still remains a long way off.
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Robert Kuttner | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics