Marc Faber: U.S. Equities ‘Not Terribly Expensive’; Euro will Survive
Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report spoke to Bloomberg TV’s Lisa Murphy and Adam Johnson and said that U.S. equities are not “terribly... Read »
Chanos Crash: Timing China’s Financial Meltdown
At an October seminar of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA), carnival economist Niall Ferguson promoted his new book, Civilization: The West and the Rest.... Read »
The Fed to Bailout Europe?
With the deepening of the EU’s debt crisis, which has affected the strength of even the so-called “core” euro-zone countries, and the European Central... Read »
Power Failure: Barney Frank Calls It Quits
Rep. Barney Frank did incalculable damage during his tenure as one of the most influential legislators overseeing the American financial services industry. From... Read »
Barney Frank Not Seeking Re-Election
Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank will not seek reelection in 2012. Mr. Frank, a prominent 16-term liberal Democrat, plans to hold a press conference in Newton, Mass.... Read »
Charges Against MF Global May Be ‘Criminal in Nature’
Investment bankers who found the now famous co-mingled client accounts leading to the disappearance of client money when examining MF Global’s books in the... Read »
Buffett Worried About Europe’s Common Currency
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett told CNBC on Monday that despite the EU’s trillion-dollar bailout fund the crisis in the euro zone system has exposed the... Read »
The Many Factors Fueling a Return to $100 Oil
Oil prices rose about 5 percent this week to finish only a dollar short of regaining triple-digit status. Since dipping below $80 per barrel on October 3, West Texas... Read »
What is Holding Italy Back?
Italy’s debt crisis has caused political upheaval. What can be done to cure the country’s decade-old growth slump? Since Italy’s capital investment, educational... Read »
A Mixed Bag for Recession Risk
A new recession may be coming. Maybe it’s already here. Then again, maybe not. Calling major turns in the business cycle in real time is perhaps the most coveted... Read »






