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In her column at Bloomberg News, Baum had this to say about the financial bailout solutions proposed by the U.S. government.How do we know the market failed if we don't allow it to work? Capitalism without failure is like religion without…

Just because the financials are in for a few further rounds of pain doesn't mean that quality financial institutions in the U.S. don't exist. There is a stark difference in the level of risk some institutions took during the heydays of the…

"Prime looks terrible." Those are the words of Jaime Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase regarding the future of prime mortgage loans. Wall Street analysts were ecstatic at the largely positive news in JP Morgan's earnings report even though…

Warren Buffett is a confident investor who believes in the companies he buys. As a result he said the following at his recent Annual General Meeting:"If a stock goes down 50%, I'd look forward to it. In fact, I would offer you a…

Super-bear Jeremy Grantham had something positive to say for once. Well actually it's only a friend of Jeremy Grantham, oh well. But it IS positive -- sort of. "The good news, provided you are by now heavily liquid, is that there are…

"I think a lot of banks are already bankrupt." "And a lot of insurance companies and financial institutions, but they hide their rotten assets in level three asset categories, where you don't need to value them." "I think the financial…

Chief North American economist David Rosenberg said the following about the Bush Administration's fiscal response to the credit crisis:We are nervous that we have ended up following in Japan's footsteps due to the inept fiscal response to…

We have lost one of the greatest stock pickers of all time. John Templeton passed away today.Global investor and philanthropist John Templeton has died at a hospital in the Bahamas. Spokesman Don Lehr said Templeton died Tuesday from…

GDP revisions are coming out on July 31st right in the middle of Q2 earnings reports and before many banks get to report. These revisions could be significant according to Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg.As the revisions come…

The tenor was downbeat at a panel put together by Pensions and Investments online that included well-known Boson-based investor Jeremy Grantham. Grantham is on record as being a sceptic of the current investment climate and sees the rally…