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Frederick Sheehan is the author of Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession (McGraw-Hill, 2009). Investing in stocks is marketed as believing in America. Imbedded is the…

By: Jeff Clark, Senior Editor, Casey’s Gold & Resource Report Proper planning with your finances is incomplete until you consider the endgame consequences of your investment decisions today. So, what are the tax consequences of selling…

The following is the text of a James K. Galbraith’s written statement to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee delivered this May. Original text is here. Chairman Specter, Ranking Member Graham, Members of the Subcommittee, as a…

The PDF of Hugh Hendry's letter to investors is embedded below. Enjoy. Eclectica Monthly Letter 2010 05

US corporate profit margins reached a half-century peak with the housing bubble. As in most recessions, margins fell. But, this time they fell precipitously, only to snap back to near that 50-year peak. The chart above from David…

Links on the pensions bailout now wending its way through the US Congress and other links from finance, the economy and technology.

The US dollar is mostly little changed today. The main feature is the covering of short euro positions and this has lifted the single currency to new four-day highs against the dollar. As we have noted in recent days, its downside momentum…

The following is a letter to clients from RBS’ Chief Market Strategist Bob Janjuah that is making the rounds (hat tip Scott). Dear All I am deeply troubled by the world and markets. THIS IS AN UBER BEAR EARLY WARNING ALERT:...I know its…

New York is one of the states at highest risk of default and budget cuts are coming. However, for now, those cuts will be limited to service cuts, dismissals and furloughs. Public sector pensions remain an intractable issue that will move…

I have posted the chart below from Chart of the Day before. The previous time I pointed out that there are three super cycles in the chart and the current super cycle is much different from the two previous ones if March 9, 2009 was the…