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General Business - Posted 2010-03-17 08:40:00
The Hedge Fund Industry Continues Its Comeback


-- Young hedge fund illustration -- According to Eurekahedge.com, the global hedge fund industry has continued to recover over the past 9-10 months.

From the late '90s until 2007, the hedge fund industry swelled in size as wealthy investors, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds poured trillions of dollars into funds of all shapes and sizes. Hedge fund managers became stars (and billionaires) overnight. Many college graduates were choosing to ...Full Story


-- Unprepared for retirement - Illustration - Old folks caught in the rain on vacation -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-16 22:00:00
The EBRI Posts Some Frightening Data Re: Retirement


The EBRI (Employee Benefit Research Institute) recently released their 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey, and the information contained in the report was alarming to say the least.

Giv...Full Story
-- Warning sign bell - drawing -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-15 07:44:00
Moody's Fires Another Warning Shot at the United States


The United States has suffered a number of indignities over the past couple of years. Plunging real estate values. A financial sector that needed to be saved by a massive government intervention. Mass...Full Story
-- Hedge fund - 3rd times the charms - illustration -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-13 06:29:00
John Meriwether - Third Time's A Charm?


John Meriwether is going to give it another shot.

In October of 2009, multiple news organizations reported that John Meriwether, formerly of Salomon Brothers/LTCM/JWM Partners, would b...Full Story
-- Unemployment in MIchigan - Automakers - Illustration - Sad cars -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-11 00:57:00
Unemployment Rate Up in 30 States in January


The January state unemployment numbers are in, and they aren't pretty.

In January of 2010, the national unemployment rate fell from 10.0% (December 2009) to 9.7%.

Peopl...Full Story




Posted March 16th, 2010 8:32 am EST
Always Consider The Source

What if I told you that the National Associations of Realtors, which has a vested interest in seeing real estate values head ... Full Story
Posted January 18th, 2010 8:31 pm EST
100 Financial Dictionary Entries

With the addition of "Return on Investment / ROI" to our ever-growing financial dictionary yesterday... Full Story
Posted January 3rd, 2010 2:00 pm EST
New Tool For Looking Up DJIA / NASDAQ / S&P 500 Historical Data Launches

Have you ever been curious as to exactly where the DJIA closed on January 4th, 2000? Have you wan... Full Story
Posted December 28th, 2009 1:31 pm EST
Beginning of an Era? Ebooks Outsell Physical Books on Amazon.com on Christmas Day

According to Amazon.com, more of their customers purchased Ebooks than physical books on Christmas D... Full Story



-- Illustration - Home printer printing U.S. dollar bills - money -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-10 06:30:00
One Year Ago Today..


One year ago today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 6,547.05. Today the DJIA closed at 10,564.38.

One year ago today, the NASDAQ closed at 1,268.64. Today the NASDAQ closed ...Full Story
-- Illustration of a gold bar / brick  -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-09 10:11:00
John Paulson's Four Billion Dollar Plus Long Positions


According to the latest Paulson and Co. Inc. 13F-HR (Q4/09), the hedge fund firm had just under $20 billion invested in 13f securities at the end of the fourth quarter.

Included in thi...Full Story
-- Sniper zeroing in on the City logo behind a hedge - Illustration -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-08 09:50:00
Hedge Funds Are Zeroing In On Citigroup


As I've been combing through the recently released 13F-HR's for the fourth quarter of 2009, something has really jumped out at me - a number of the most notable hedge funds in the world are snapping u...Full Story
-- Mega Cap Stocks - Exxon Mobil, Microsoft and Wal-Mart - and new addition - Apple - company logos - Illustration -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-07 07:07:00
Apple Has Nearly Reached "Mega Cap" Status


"Mega cap" status is a very exclusive club.

In order to be considered a "mega cap" (as opposed to a "large cap"), a company needs to have a total market cap of $200 billion or more. Full Story



-- Illustration of Capitol Hill in debt -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-05 20:02:00
CBO to President Obama: Your Numbers Are Off


In a recent letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye, CBO Director Douglas W. Elmendorf provided the CBO's analysis of President Obama's budget submission for the 2011 fisca...Full Story
-- Book Reviewed - No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller -  Harry Markopolos -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-05 07:22:00
Harry Markopolos Destroys SEC in New Book


In his recently released book "No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller", Harry Markopolos unleashes one of the most scathing indictments of the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) that I h...Full Story
-- Bernard Madoff Illustration -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-04 03:46:00
Bernard Madoff And The Power of "Influence"


One of the biggest questions that people often ask when it comes to Bernard Madoff is - how was he able to fool so many people? Better yet - how was he able to fool so many SMART people?

...Full Story
General Business - Posted 2010-03-03 06:11:00
Debt Watch - US Public Debt Tops $12.5 Trillion For The First Time Ever


With the federal debt limit recently being raised to $14.3 trillion, the amount of US public debt has started to surge higher.

On March 1st, 2010, the US public debt total surged past ...Full Story
-- Piggy bank with a sad expression - decline in savings -- General Business - Posted 2010-03-01 22:10:00
A History of Personal Savings Rates in the United States


The US Department of Commerce: Bureau of Economic Analysis has data on the personal savings rate of the average American from January 1st, 1959 until present day.

Before we get into th...Full Story
-- Illustration of a letter with highlighted text -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-28 02:03:00
Highlights From the 2009 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder's Letter


Berkshire Hathaway Inc. released their annual shareholder letter earlier today.

The shareholder letter was signed by Warren E. Buffett, Chairman of the Board of Berkshire Hathaway, on ...Full Story
-- Expenses vs. revenues scale - Republican vs. Democrats -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-25 22:37:00
Which Political Party Has Posted The Highest Average Budget Deficits in the Post-WWII Era?


From 1946 to 2009 (a total of 64 years), the United States has racked up an impressive $10.303 trillion dollars in red ink.

I'm not just adding up the deficits in this equation and lea...Full Story
-- Street sign illustration - Wall Street Bonuses -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-24 19:07:00
Wall Street Bonuses Over the Last 20 Years


The Wall Street Journal (link below) recently published a pretty eye-opening chart that illustrates just how fast Wall Street bonuses have risen over the past 20 years.

In 1990, Wall S...Full Story




-- Illustration - Problem Bank -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-23 15:36:00
"Problem Bank List" Tops 700


The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) announced on Tuesday that a total of 702 banking institutions had been included in the so-called "problem bank list" as of December 31st, 2009.
...Full Story
-- Illustration of unemployment forecast between 2010 - 2020 - man standing inside a chart bar -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-21 19:05:00
The CBO's Unemployment Rate Projections For The Next Ten Years


The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) is, according to Wikipedia, a "government agency that provides economic data to Congress". The CBO is an independent and non-partisan agency.

The ...Full Story
-- Elephant vs. Jack Ass - Democrats vs. Republicans -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-20 02:37:00
Are There Higher Unemployment Rates When Republicans or Democrats Are In Office?


I've received a number of emails over the past few months asking if I could do a breakdown of historical national unemployment rates based on which political party is occupying the White House.
...Full Story
-- U.S. Debt ball and a chain -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-18 17:03:00
Growth of the United States National Debt vs Rate of Inflation Since 1970


On June 30th, 1970, the US national debt load sat at around $370.1 billion.

On September 30th, 2009, the US national debt load had shot up to around $11.9 trillion.

The...Full Story
-- Folder file - 13F-HR - Illustration -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-17 15:38:00
A Peak Inside Paulson & Co LLC's Q4 13F-HR Filing


The SEC requires that all "institutional investment managers that use the United States mail in the course of their business and that exercise investment discretion over $100 million or more in Sectio...Full Story
-- U.S. debt holders chalkboard - illustration -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-16 14:40:00
Japan Is Once Again The Top Foreign Holder of US Treasury Debt


According to the US Treasury Department, Japan has regained its spot as the planet's largest foreign holders of US treasury debt.

The Chinese government had held this spot for the past...Full Story
-- Illustration of a Swiss safe with German funds inside it -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-14 04:34:00
Germany vs Switzerland In Fight Over Identities of Potential Tax Evaders


Germany and Switzerland are currently in the midst of an squabble over German tax evaders. Over the past couple of days, this squabble has gotten a great deal more interesting.

Before...Full Story
-- Countries with BBB credit ratings - California, Russia, Hungary, Thailand etc. -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-13 19:50:00
What Do California, Aruba, Hungary, Russia, Thailand, Tunisia, Lithuania and Mexico All Have in Common?


California. Aruba. Hungary. Russia. Thailand. Tunisia. Lithuania. Mexico.

What does the state of California have in common with the seven sovereign nations listed above?

...Full Story




-- Dominos falling one by one - Greece, Spain etc.- Bond Defaults -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-12 09:18:00
The Last 13 Major Sovereign Bond Defaults..


If you have been watching the news at all over the past few weeks, then you have likely heard about the situation in Greece.

Greece has become the center of a new chapter in the global...Full Story
-- Calculator vector drawing showing US interest payment of 383 billion for 2009 -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-11 03:48:00
$383 Billion in Interest Expense for the United States in 2009


The cost of paying interest on trillions upon trillions of dollars of debt? Not cheap.

According to TreasuryDirect.gov, the United States paid $383,071,060,815.42 (that's about $383 bi...Full Story
-- Illustration of the usd portfolio held by China -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-09 13:15:00
Which US Equities Does China Currently Own?


According to the New York Times (link below), China's sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corporation, purchased more than $9 billion dollars worth of US equities last year.

Now, t...Full Story
-- Aaa Debt Rating - Check -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-07 13:32:00
Timothy Geithner: The United States Will "Never" Lose Its Aaa Debt Rating


In an ABC News interview earlier today, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner claimed that the United States will "never" lose its pristine Aaa credit rating.

When asked if the possibili...Full Story
-- High and low unemployment rate years in the United States -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-06 07:34:00
2009's Average National Unemployment Rate Third Highest Since 1948


2009 was a bad year in terms of the national unemployment rate.

The rate, which started out at 7.6% in January of 2009, was at 10% by the time that the year was over.

A...Full Story
-- Businessmen Silhouettes - Unemployment graph in the background - January 2010 -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-05 10:02:00
January Unemployment Rate Dips to 9.7%


The national unemployment rate dipped to 9.7% in January after 20,000 nonfarm payroll jobs were lost, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report that was released earlier today.

...Full Story
-- Apple Ipad vs. Amazon Kindle - logos -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-04 04:54:00
Apple vs Amazon - Who Wins?


There is currently a tit-for-tat battle being fought between Apple and Amazon in the war for E-book reader / tablet supremacy.

On one side you have Amazon, which is the maker of the ph...Full Story
-- Money bag drawing -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-02 09:38:00
Is Lloyd Blankfein The $100 Million Man or Not?


Earlier this week, the Times Online published an article titled "Goldman Sachs and the $100 Million Question" which generated a great deal of buzz throughout the financial world.

The article claimed that, according to banker...Full Story


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