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This page of the Financial Times' web site looks like it could be quite interesting on a continuing basis...probably worth a bookmark and a regular look: http://www.ft.com/indepth/capitalism-future more »

David Theroux of the Independent Institute has written an article (much as we're seeing from a myriad of sources) about the stock market's reaction to Barack Obama's economic policies. While it's as much a recap as a source of new information, the a… more »

The Tennessee Republican Party gets the award for the best bumper sticker of the year. (Here's the LINK for the mail-in order form, or you can order online HERE.) (Note: I had to narrow the image to get it to fit on my web page, but if you click HE… more »

Pre-open, stock index futures are looking to regain what they lost yesterday. It's hard to imagine that we aren't at or near an intermediate bottom, even with the disastrous government we're suffering through. Essentially, the market is probably clos… more »

Jim Cramer, one of the loudest Wall Street supporters of Barack Obama prior to the election, may now be one of the first well-known liberals to start saying publicly what many of the rest of us non-liberals have been saying for weeks or months. While… more »

On Tuesday, the stock markets put in another dismal performance, with all major indices closing down on the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 6726, down 37 points, about 20 points above its low and 125 points below its mid-day high. And i… more »

As I write this just before 9 PM Mountain Time on Sunday, stock index futures are pointing to another very weak open on Monday morning, with Dow Jones futures trading well below 7,000. Asian stocks are getting slammed, with shares of HSBC halted and t… more »

While I predicted (though not with high confidence) a potential temporary market rally over the next few weeks, the market simply can't fight through the continuing stream of economic fascism (and I do not mean that as hyperbole) coming from the White Ho… more »

On Wednesday, the National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales fell 5.3% in January, much worse than expectations, and the slowest sales rate in 11 years. There was an interesting comment from NAR's senior economist, Lawrence Yun… more »

Official: Budget projects $1.75 trillion deficit GM posts $9.6B 4Q loss, burns through $6.2B cash Royal Bank of Scotland reports $34 billion annual loss Ukraine's credit rating cut by S&P amid default fears We're surrounded by the worst e… more »