No surprise in this news from Barron's this past Saturday: "Investors angry with their brokers are starting to get even. Or at least trying to." The story notes that securities-arbitration claims are up 65 percent in the first eight months of 2009...
I now have seen it all: Congress is proposing a tax deduction for pet owners. At first I thought it was a joke, a spoof, really, of our current system of special interests. But, apparently, it is not a joke. It is called H.R.3501 - Humanity and...
Goldman surprised investors, earning $3.19 billion in the third quarter, "powered by strong trading and gains on its own corporate investments" as the New York Times put it. But Rochdale Analyst Richard Bove struck a more skeptical tone on the...
We just got through posting a ">story on our website about how the global economy is probably not so healthy, that China's economic health is illusory. But the Great Goldman Sachs begs to differ, says worldwide recovery is in full swing, that...
The Washington Times notes today that federal officicals seem to send in the SWAT teams for just about any wrongdoing, no matter how unintentional or petty the "crime." ...
SEC says it informed the Fed and Treasury of the bonuses as early as Dec. 17. This directly contradicts Paulson and Bernanke's oral and written testimony...
