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Oil Prices Don’t Control the Recession

August 11, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
"Can the collapse in oil prices save the economy from recession? Sadly not. The rising oil price was a symptom, not a cause, of the unchecked global boom that lead us here. And the fact that it’s falling now is merely a sign that we’re already in the grip [...]

U.S. Markets: A bottom in sight

February 11, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
"Corporate insiders are buying in a big way. Is this another sign of a potential market bottom in the making?" — Mike Burnick by Mike Burnick, The Sovereign Society Baltimore (TFN) — Several "sentiment" indicators are saying that there's an extreme bearish outlook on stocks right now. That's what's been feeding the current sell-off. Taken as a [...]

The U.S. has lost its financial dominance

January 25, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
“Wall Street’s reputation, once its greatest asset, is also in jeopardy. Just as Detroit lost its reputation for high quality cars, bankrupted dotcoms and worthless subprime debt are creating similar problems for Wall Street. You can’t expect to keep your customers if you continually sell them shoddy merchandise.” — Peter Schiff by [...]

U.S. Market Outlook: An election year loss

January 8, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
"U.S. election years have, historically, seen healthy gains in the U.S. equity market. To some extent this can be put down to the market’s view that either the incumbent president or, where the president has served two terms, the ruling Party has an incentive to “buy” votes by loosening fiscal [...]