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Is the Election About Lost Dreams Or New Promises?
Nov. 6, 2012, 9:23 am EDT – The election is finally upon us, and by Wednesday lots of questions will be answered, but big problems remain for the winner to try and figure out in the future More
What Hope Means in Japan These Days
Nov. 2, 2012, 8:43 am EDT – The "Lost Decade" in Japan is now three decades old, and new members of the political class are trying to make a huge difference for the future. More
Investors Who Own Japanese Stocks About to Get a Surprise
Oct. 31, 2012, 7:00 am EDT – The China-Japan trade relationship in on a rocky road due to the Senkaku/Daiouy Islands dispute, and the problems extend to U.S. investors in Japanese stocks More
Ben Bernanke’s Misguided Focus on Housing
Oct. 4, 2012, 10:11 am EDT – The history of the housing market in the U.S. suggests that lessons learned by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke need not apply to today's markets. More
Banks Are Setting Us Up For Economic Problems Again
Sep. 18, 2012, 8:03 am EDT – Banks are lobbying for changes in the requirements for collateral backing risky hedging products, and the fallout could be another bailout down the road. More
Enjoy the Rally: Super Mario’s Bazooka Is a Dud
Sep. 8, 2012, 10:31 am EDT – Mario Draghi and the ECB have put together a plan that looks suspiciously like many others, and it's doomed to a short life span of success More
3 Top-Notch Choices for Yield-Starved Investors
Sep. 4, 2012, 11:00 am EDT – Yield is hard to come by, but by looking at ETF's and mutual funds investors can find enough opportunity to pad the portfolio, and here are three options More
Five Ways to Bank Gains and Manage Winning Trades
Aug. 25, 2012, 8:05 am EDT – Investing for the long term sometimes means paring the portfolio of losers and winners, so here are five ways to help your long term results. More
What Skirt Lengths Tell You About The Stock Market
Aug. 21, 2012, 8:00 am EDT – Hemlines are strong indicators of the behavior and ethos of a society and right now the hemlines of the famous portent a conservative bent to the stock market More
What the Last Roman Emperor Would Tell President Obama Today
Aug. 15, 2012, 1:00 pm EDT – Romulus Augustus, the last Roman Emperor, pens a letter of warning and advice to President Obama as the U.S. nears the November elections. More
