journalism

The man who recently uttered the D-word about the global economy tells all to Charlie Rose.  The video is from this past Friday.

Below is a good video clip from the recent World Economic Forum in Davos. The speakers are addressing the issue of how they see the global economic outlook going forward. The moderator who begins the discussion is Martin Wolf of the…

Here, Maxine Waters, a U.S. Congresswoman from Los Angeles gets hot under the collar about the banking industry given its predatory lending (credit cards and housing) in her constituency. You may remember she was very skeptical about the…

You may have heard about the Rags-to-riches movie "Slumdog Millionaire" which recently won a Golden Globe for Best Picture. I saw the film and thought it was brilliant. Nevertheless, not everyone agrees with this sentiment, as the video…

Bloomberg has a good interview from the World Economic Forum at Davos with Nouriel Roubini and Robert Shiller on the credit crisis and banking industry. The video is below. Enjoy.

Louise Yamada is one of Wall Street's foremost technical analyst. She is quite bearish and thinks the Dow Jones Industrial Average could go to 6000. Her advice: sell stocks.

The statements coming from Meredith Whitney in this video interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo could not be more blunt: the financial serves sector is weak, needs bailout money and investors will be diluted. As a result, she expects…

As you know from reading my blog, I am expecting a lot of writedowns from regional banks as real estate loans sour. In fact, I expect a number of bankruptcies because of defaults in commercial real estate where much exposure is hidden.…

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech at the London School of Economics today in which he outlined the measures the Federal Reserve was prepared to take in order to deal with the financial crisis. Of particular note, Bernanke…

Fred Hickey is bullish. This is big news. He has sold all of his puts for the first time in years and is now playing the markets from the long side. His favorite picks are in precious metals and technology. See the attached video during…