What History Tells Us

Does the stock market fare better under a Democratic  Administration versus a Republican Administration? Answer: No–saying it does mistakes coincidence as fact. Read  on. Expect the economic arbiters charged with officially calling economic slowdowns to announce after the  election that we are  in a recession. October is always the toughest month of the year for the stock market, it’s historically the month [...]

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Dump General Motors From the Dow?

Acting as an anvil on the neck of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is General Motors (GM), one of 30 corporate leaders thought to represent the U.S. economy. But as GM is under fire for mismanaging its business, for not switching gears fast enough as gas prices rose to sell what car buyers wanted, fuel-efficient cars, [...]

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The United States of Bailouts

Dear Dazed and Confused, Why not declare to the Federal Reserve that you and your family now face “unusual and exigent circumstances” and that you would now like to register with the government as “Home Sweet Home Bank”? You deserve a break, you deserve some government money just like every other sector now holding out a tin [...]

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Beware of Congress's Threat to Tax 401Ks

With the bear market red in the claw, with an equal opportunity bear market taking out solid stocks right and left, with panicked investors feeling like every headline  is an explosion, comes this impenetrable stupidity: Some Democrats in Congress have held hearings that included discussions of new proposals to tax 401K money. Specifically, the idea would be [...]

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The Car Makers' Excuses

The Big Three automakers’ chief executives testified before Congress today, blaming the credit crisis for their downfall.   But Richard Wagoner, CEO of General Motors (GM) did not use the credit crisis as an excuse for the company’s poor profits when he wrote an editorial for the Wall Street Journal in  December 2005.   In his opinion piece, which came [...]

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