Google & Geithner

Keith Schneider | May 24, 2011

Please excuse the delay in getting our weekly commentary to you but I was in a bit of a quandary. Spend my last day on earth writing commentary to potentially non-existent readers or spend my last day on earth at …


A Galleon Goes to Depths

Keith Schneider | May 15, 2011

This week's notable event was that Galleon Hedge Fund founder, Raj Rajaratnam was convicted on all 14 counts of insider trading. One of the richest people on earth and certainly the richest Sri Lankan was educated at Wharton Business School. …


BinZilla Attacks

Keith Schneider | May 8, 2011

There were many conflicting reports about Osama bin Laden, the world's most feared terrorist and his death/whereabouts. First, the Colbert Report stated that as a result of his burial at sea, he was promptly eaten by a radioactive great white …


Royal Treatment

Keith Schneider | May 1, 2011

The world (and much economic activity as well) almost came to a halt as people all over stopped to gasp at the pomp and circumstance of the British royal wedding. On the economic home front we also got the royal …


Market Myopia

Keith Schneider | April 24, 2011

This week, S&P semi downgraded US sovereign debt and the market panicked for a brief moment. By the weeks end, the Dow closed on 3 year highs. This is first time in over 200 years our credit worthiness was being …


Made In America?

Keith Schneider | April 17, 2011

As the US outsources its jobs overseas, one thing you can be sure of, the last thing actually made in America will be US dollars. Not the printing presses that actually do the printing, mind you, they are made outside …


Mad Max in Libya

Keith Schneider | April 10, 2011

Even Hollywood could not have written a more convoluted script regarding the current situation in the Mid-East. In case you have been out of touch (like visiting Mars or lost your internet connection) let me bring you up to speed. …


A Hair Raising Ride

Keith Schneider | April 3, 2011

The Ides of March began a wild ride as some big beta stocks sold off more than 20% from their highs before recovering and then some. Never mind and don't worry about a thing as the key indexes closed with …


Chavez Sez... Capitalism will kill Life On Earth

Keith Schneider | March 24, 2011

According to Venezula President, Hugo Chavez, life on Mars was destroyed by Capitalists. He believes that those same guys moved here and are going to do the same thing. He could be right, if one looks at the market's behavior …


Can Women Save the Market?

Keith Schneider | March 13, 2011

With the market swooning this week on news out of the Mid East, the government reported that the American Consumer (AKA mainly Women shoppers) have continued shopping, lifting the retail (ANN, Ann Taylor, RL, Ralph Lauren, TIF, Tiffany's) sector thereby …