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Making Investment Grade Is Only the Beginning for Turkey

It’s been a few months since I was in Istanbul and wrote about Turkey’s exciting cultural and economic transformation, and the country is still making headlines.... Read »

Rand Paul Upsets Senate’s Apple (AAPL) Witch-Hunt

The Senate hearings on Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) alleged manipulation of corporate tax laws have taken a rather unexpected turn. The usual political grandstanding... Read »

Stock Options Watch: SKS, HLF, ABFS

(NYSE:SKS) - Saks, Inc. – High-end retailer, Saks, Inc., popped up on our ‘hot by options volume’ market scanner this morning on heavier than usual trading... Read »

America’s New Energy Weapons

Last week I was in London attending the Platts Crude Oil Conference. In particular, much of the trip is geared toward energy and mineral issues, about which I write... Read »

Stocks to Watch: BBRY, FB, CLF, BIDU

Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) The technical chart shows possibility of new rally as the stock bounced up after dropping back to EMA50. Further rebound is... Read »

Syria: Outside Patronage and a New Offensive for the Regime

The battle for the Syrian city of Al-Qusayr, which came under regime artillery fire May 19, is actually part of a larger battle for the highly coveted Homs governorate.... Read »

Ergen Said to Bid $2 Billion for LightSquared Wireless Spectrum

Charlie Ergen, chairman of satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH), made a $2 billion bid for spectrum from LightSquared Inc., the bankrupt wireless-broadband... Read »

Equity Risk Premiums (ERP) and Stocks: Bullish or Bearish Indicator

If you have been following my blog postings, you are probably aware that I have an obsession with equity risk premiums (ERP), and have done an annual survey paper... Read »

Is Nuclear Winter Coming to the Senate this Summer?

It seems the Senate could have a really hot summer.  Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has reportedly threatened to “go nuclear” this July—meaning that Senate... Read »

America’s Future Early Education System

At some point, the United States is likely to have universal publicly-funded early education for children aged one to four. But while we led the way in establishing... Read »

Top Pre-Market Stock Upgrades/Downgrades May 20, 2013

UPGRADES J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Maxim – Maxim upgraded J.C. Penney on expectations the company’s strategy changes under... Read »

Japan’s QE is Exporting Deflation

Japan’s effort at super QE is likely to export its deflation to trading partners. John Mauldin has a long a analysis of this in his current newsletter. Our... Read »

Yahoo (YHOO) Approves Billion-Dollar Tumblr Cash Deal

Yahoo (YHOO)’s board of directors has agreed to acquire popular social blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, The New York Times reports. Details... Read »

Sovereign Debt Concerns in 2013

Interest rates on government debt for a number of European countries– notably Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain– shot up considerably during... Read »

Obamacare Bulge?

The Congressional Budget Office put conservative economic thinkers on their ass this week. In this Report (pdf), the CBO concluded that the US budget deficit is... Read »

Two Red-Hot Stocks: GOOG – TSLA

Two days after surpassing the $900 level for the first time ever, Google‘s (GOOG) surge on Wall Street is still showing  no signs of slowing down. The ticker... Read »

A Congressman from Illinois Wants the IRS to Do Your Taxes for You

Former acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service Steven Miller was rolling along pretty good on Friday, bravely facing down his inquisitors from the House... Read »

Treasury Sec. Jack Lew on the IRS Controversy

On this week’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing tonight at 9:00PM/ET, Bloomberg TV anchor and Bloomberg View columnist Al Hunt interviews... Read »

Tesla (TSLA) Stock Looks Like Something Out of 1999

This is a post I started to write last week, got sidetracked and now it seems a bit timely once more. I’m talking about Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA), the electric... Read »

Top Pre-Market Stock Upgrades/Downgrades May 17, 2013

UPGRADES General Motors (NYSE:GM) upgraded to Buy from Underperform at CLSA – CLSA upgraded General Motors two notches to Buy from Underperform and raised... Read »

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