Gurus Ring the Bell Ahh, the newsletter crowd is getting bullish. My inbox is full of stock-picking gurus saying now’s the time to be bold and buy stocks. Fear is rampant, they say. Distant relatives are calling in the wee hours asking for advice. The VIX is at an all time high. 59% of respondents...
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10-07-2008
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Filed under: Growth Report, Ian Wyatt, FOMC, Fed, interest rates, Bernanke, unemployment, warren buftett, PIMCO, Bill Gross, General Electric, Bank of America, Victor Sperandeo, Trader Vic, Intel, Alcoa, Verizon
Inflation, The Fisher King and a Solar Stock And to think, investors cheered the Fed’s decision to hold interest rates unchanged. Today, the Producer Price Index, a popular low-ball measure of wholesale inflation, came in twice as hot as expected at 1.2%. That 8.9% rise is the biggest jump since...
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08-19-2008
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Filed under: Canadian Solar, FOMC, Fed, inflation, interest rates, Bernanke, PPI, Larrty Kudlow, Richard Fisher, Rogoff, Freddie Mac, Wilbur Ross, IMF, Paul Volcker
The Hero's Dilemma: Kill the Dragon or Rescue the Princess? Our previous experiences with "stagflation," as the double economic whammy of slowing growth and rising inflation is known, occurred in the '70s and early '80s. Market veterans still recount the Legend of Former Fed Chief...
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Ian Wyatt
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08-05-2008
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Filed under: stagflation, Accuride, FOMC, short profits, oil, oil prices, dragon, short, IndyMac, Western Refining, U.S. dollar, Fed, housing market, inflation, interest rates, WCI, bonds, Bernanke, Volcker