Molycorp (NYSE:MCP): Bounce?
Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) is getting bumped at two firms this morning: - J.P. Morgan is out with a very positive note raising their estimates and price target on the Rare... Read »
Greece at its Limit
Ryan Avent provides an excellent summary of recent developments in the Greek debt drama: Unpleasant Greek options TODAY has been nasty day for markets, those in... Read »
Greece, S&P’s Lowest-Rated Country in the World
The situation in Greece continues to deteriorate, particularly after the country was given a “CCC” rating late on Monday, the lowest credit rating of... Read »
Has the Bad Housing Market Reduced Labor Mobility?
Economists Colleen Donovan and Calvin Schnure have written an interesting new paper examining whether the fall in house prices since 2007 in the US — which... Read »
Jamie Dimon’s Bizarre Idea About Why The Recovery Has Stalled
According to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, the recovery has stalled because of strict banking regulation. I’m not making this up. At a financial conference today,... Read »
Does McConnell Really Want The GOP To Win The White House in 2012?
What was Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) doing last week when he announced…proudly…that he would not allow an increase in the debt ceiling... Read »
Foxconn Explosion Could Cut Apple’s iPad2 Production by 500,000
The explosion at Foxconn’s plant in Chengdu, China Friday night, a manufacturing location for Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) hot-selling iPad tablet computer, could cause... Read »
IMF Chief Used Eliot Spitzer’s “Manhattan Madam” Ring
IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who on Thursday resigned from his post as managing director with immediate effect, saying he needs all his vigor to fight charges... Read »
What the IMF Chief’s Arrest Means for the European Debt Crisis
The big news over the weekend was the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn who is the managing director of the IMF and had his sights on the French Presidency. Strauss-Kahn... Read »
Three Reasons to Believe in $100 Oil
After selling off nearly 14 percent last week, oil prices finished this week slightly higher at $99.65 per barrel. While the end result was a net positive, the... Read »






