by Keith Schneider
It’s not so easy to lend a few hundred billion euros if you expect to get paid back in full. The Toga party resulting in a rescue plan for Greece and culminating in a 1900 point rally …
by Keith Schneider
Thanks to the only world economy holding serious surplus cash (mostly US dollars), the US stock market is about to put in one of its best months ever, up almost 20% depending on where we close on …
by Keith Schneider
Never mind the Occupy Wall Street protesters; the real inhabitant of Wall Street is the bull. Here he is telling the world that Wall Street is alive and you can “kiss my—“ well you get the point. …
by Keith Schneider
OK, so things do look fairly iffy here in the US. Does anyone really think that the Senate and Congress will agree on some bipartisan proposal to solve our budget issues and long term infrastructure problems? Will …
Our Washington insider caught this picture in a bar not too far from the Fed building on Friday after the markets closed. As you can see, a seemingly inebriated Bernanke was at wits ended allegedly mumbling, I …
After a two week hiatus (summer road trip) from writing this column, so much has occurred in the markets it was hard to pick a theme. However, it was nice to come back to a 5 day rally. It's fairly …
The biggest market moving events this week was a toss-up between Bernanke’s speech from Jackson Hole and Buffet’s Bailout of Bank of America. I give the top honor’s to Bernanke as it seems to have the most lingering bullish effect …
With all the wonderful news (not) on the economic front and the Equity Markets cratering, Gold was partying like it was 1979, extending its parabolic move another 6% for the week, while silver moved up 5% on Friday alone, looking …
It was considered a major feat this week that US Equity indexes only finished down about 1.5%. That was accomplished with the help of good news on the employment front as our jobless rate dropped to 9.1%, according to latest …
Don't panic! It's only a small fire.
The story goes that Nero. Emperor of Rome fiddled while Rome burned, ushering in the fall of the Roman Empire. There are many theories of why Rome, the world's super-power fell into decline. …
What Does The S&P 500's Tightest Range In 50 Years Mean For Stocks and Your Portfolio?
February 22, 2026
