equities

After another brutal day in the market, whether the market is bottoming does not seem like the question on most people's minds. Ten stocks declined for every one up today -- and on heavy volume. Retail investors are clearly switching into…

In a Fortune article about how the market is hitting new lows, Jeremy Grantham predicted we will see a material new low. He's talking about 600, or mind you, 450 on the S&P 500. Now, that's low. Nevertheless, he's fairly bullish…

The overall stock market may be declining, but that does not mean there are no bargains to be had.  Witness this article about John Paulson, the famed hedge fund manager who made billions shorting stocks over the past years. Distressed…

Fellow econblogger Michael Panzner of Financial Armageddon was on Bloomberg TV and radio today telling folks what all of this credit crisis, bear market, nationalization stuff really means for globalization, the U.S. and stocks.  He…

The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 both closed at levels not seen in nearly twelve years. Despite a 'bailout rally' for the financials in the morning, the day was marked by heavy selling with the Dow down to 714 and the S&P ending the…

Goldman Sachs London conducted a poll of fund managers today that had interesting results. The poll demonstrated that fund managers are expecting deflation more than inflation and that they expect the U.S. or Asia to escape the downturn…

Wading into the controversy surrounding Peter Schiff's investment under-performance, the Wall Street Journal has released an article which calls into question the fundamental arguments for Schiff's investment strategy. Schiff, a fund…

Bill Gross, the founder of PIMCO and manager of the world's largest bond fund, has just released his most recent Economic Outlook. In it, he takes a tack regarding the fix to the present turmoil in the markets with which I disagree.…

Update 08 Mar 2009: Remember this: Wells Fargo gave anxious investors a pleasant surprise Wednesday, reporting a profit drop that was milder than anticipated and lifting its quarterly dividend by 10 percent. Wells Fargo’s…

General Electric released its earnings report, posting net income in line with analyst estimates. And the world had a big sigh of relief. In posting its earnings, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt defended his company's dividend and AAA rating.