OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS WERE ON A MISSION.
They have been provided with an opportunity to cut through the misogynistic absurdity and move around one fundamental purpose — to protect the US Taxpayer from ever again being the unwilling recipient of a financial raping of the magnitude that we experienced at the hands of America’s bankers in [...]

Did you ever hear the old saying:
“Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me!”?

Unless you were already a sophisticated investor, I’m sure you suffered
some significant losses last year and I’m sure you’ve asked yourself: “what
could have I done and what can I do to avoid such a disaster if it [...]

Correct 0.8% of the Time asked: I am doing an econ essay and I need many advantages and disadvantages of investing in the stock market. Thanks.Gen Beaudoin

Not A Daydreamer asked: I am just looking a way for extra income. I don’t trust the stock market and myself too much and I am kind of short of money now. That’s why i can only afford $250 to start. But if I am doing well, I’d put more money into it. [...]

(Taken from taipan publishing)
Traditional Wall Street analysts are insane. Not all of them, but the vast majority it seems. Either that, or maybe they are just fools.
I don’t care about tailored suits or impressive credentials or number-crunching prowess. A guy (or gal) can sport an expensive suit [...]

The overall technical condition of the major indexes continues to deteriorate. We are a little oversold on an intraday basis but not on a daily basis. Charts suggest downside to near the 200 day moving averages of the major indexes. (NYSE composite broke below it friday.) For the S&P 500, that [...]

U.S. authorities are expanding their probes of past mortgage securities deals, with New York’s attorney general opening an investigation into whether eight banks misled rating agencies, a source familiar with the matter said.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office on Wednesday served subpoenas on four U.S. banks and four European [...]

Last week I noted, “…high-flying stock markets are looking more and more vulnerable.”
I wrote, “…resistance appears significant. Volatility (fear) is returning in a potentially big way. It’s not here yet; and that increases the likelihood of lower prices to come. Global markets are reflecting a reprise of contagion distress. I continue [...]

Down 1,000 points at its worst, the Dow recovered to a 350-point loss on the day.
And all because “M” is just a hair too close to “B” on a standard American keyboard, we’re told.
The story goes that a trader at a major firm perhaps mistyped a trade as “billions” rather than “millions.” Word is [...]

The events of the last week have many market watchers quaking in their boots.
Most of us can feel that there has been something wrong, something VERY wrong, with this so called “recovery” that we’ve been experiencing.
And many are now fearful that things are starting to unravel at the seams — that the lipstick has come [...]