Revolving Credit Plunge Sends Market Lower
These days we all have much in common with Pavlov's dog: we all are programmed to sell stocks at 3:00 pm whether there is news or not. ...

PowerShares Plans Second Build America Bond ETF
Encouraged by the impressive start to the first ETF offering exposure to Build America Bonds, PowerShares recently filed details on a s...

The Message of Falling Stocks & Rising Gold
Wall Street in a Slow Crash was the headline splashed on Dow Jones MarketWatch, one of the top financial websites, yesterday a...

The Fed Should Raise Rates Because Brazil has Low Unemployment?
Wow. Raghuram Rajansays the Fed should raise rates because hiring in Brazil is robust:Moreover, even if corporations in the US are not ...

Arizona Sells Supreme Court Building in 20 Year $300 Million Leaseback Deal for 3 Month's School Aid
Going into long term debt to pay short-term operating expenses is fiscally unsound. Going into debt for 20 years for 3 months operating...

Uh Oh, Bernanke Says No 'Double Dip'
Let me preface this post with two ideas. First, a double dip recession is a very rare thing. Outside of the late 70s-early 80s situati...

Claymore Introduces BulletShares Target Maturity Corporate Bond ETFs
Claymore launched a suite of seven fixed-term investment grade corporate bond ETFs yesterday (6/7/2010). Known as BulletShares, these ...

Riding the Dragon
Andy Xie is a former Morgan Stanley analyst now living in China. Riding the dragonAndy XieJune 7, 2010Powerful interest groups have p...

The Microsoft Debt Offering You Can t Buy (MSFT)
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is selling $1.15 billion worth of convertible senior notes, but chances are that you won t be able to ...