Two Moves to Make as the Fed Inflates the Commodities Bubble
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke ignored the warnings of most economists last week, and kept the benchmark Federal Funds rate a...

UBS Faces Sticky Situation as IRS Prepares to Probe
By Mike Caggeso UBS AG (UBS) was at the center of a tornado of crushing news Tuesday, as it announced major changes to its board amidst pres...

Rising Money Supply and the Economy
In early 2006, a friend of mine named Mike wrote to me saying he was worried about the Federal Reserve's decision to stop publishing M3 mone...

2008 Second Quarter in Review
Well. That wasn't pleasant. The market (as measured by the S&P500)extended its losses for the year, down about 3% for Q208. We are now at128...

Eli Broad: Economy in Worst Slump Since WWII
More straight talk from an old hand in the building sector: Billionaire investor Eli Broad said the U.S. economy is in the worst period'' ...

EconomistMom Talks About Barack Obama and Fiscal Responsibility
Economist Mom: Obama Speaks of the Virtuous Cycle of Fiscal Responsibility: My favorite part of his speech last night [June 3]... ...

A taxing situation (313784)
The Heritage Foundation takes a look at what Obama promises for taxes should he be elected and what that means:Obama's tax plan has two majo...

EconomistMom Talks About Barack Obama and Fiscal Responsibility (313985)
Economist Mom:Obama Speaks of the Virtuous Cycle of Fiscal Responsibility: My favorite part of his speech last night [June 3]... Ch...

The Housing Abyss
Housing optimists have systematically misjudged themarket. Some became convinced that the huge runup was justified byfundamentals such as p...