Market Commentary
Invest with Main Street
With all the recent hub-bub about “Wall Street vs. Main Street,” maybe its time investors start taking stock of what Main Street wants. After all, it’s consumer demand which ultimately drives those sales numbers that seem to have been in free fall. Warren Buffett once described his philosophy of looking for businesses with “wide moats” [...]
read more »USA Sovereign Wealth Fund
It seems that the market’s 500 point positive reaction to the US Treasury’s Public Private Invesment Program was a resounding vote of confidence. Then again, given the many headfakes the market has given us over the last year (anyone remember October’s 900 point day?), the market doesn’t seem the greatest judge of fiscal policy effectiveness. So, [...]
read more »Dell getting desperate
Dell unveiled their new ultraslim, the Adamo, a few days ago. The new laptop is a 13.4 inch “luxury” portable featuring no optical drive, a long life sealed-in battery, edge-to-edge glass screen, and a solid state hard drive comes at the very affordable starting price of $1999. Does this sound familiar? A MacBook Air, perhaps? [...]
read more »Internet content reaching critical mass
Two months after Hearst announced its intentions to divest or shut down the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Seattle PI is set to become the largest and (arguably) the first newspaper to convert from print to web only delivery. This comes after the Christian Science Monitor announced intentions to cancel daily print editions in favor of a [...]
read more »CNBC is always wrong
I just had to share this video. Finally, someone on TV willing to call out the prognosticators and pundits.
read more »How Bad Is Banking? And Who Are The FDIC Four?
This guest blog entry by Tristan Yates is a follow-up to “Are America’s banks really insolvent?” and is part of the important effort to understand and evaluate the depth and breadth of the financial crisis. For The Curious Investor‘s take and to leave your own thoughts check out this post’s comments thread. What kind of [...]
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