Edward R. Dewey was a Harvard-educated economist who worked for the Department of Commerce during the 1929 stock market crash. After the crash he was assigned the task of finding out what caused the

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The health-care sector is huge here in the US, accounting for 16% of GDP, and politicians have decided the system demands a radical overhaul.So, on Saturday, as you kicked back beers at the local bar

When you’re really desperate for cash, what do you sell after you’ve already hocked everything you can think of selling?Something you’d never think of selling.As seen on Craigslist:

The markets have witnessed the damage from banks with significant exposure to residential and consumer loan markets. But how bad will the commercial real estate crash hurt? Upcoming earnings from som

When hunger pangs strike, it’s no surprise that Americans prefer staying in rather than dining out as this struggling economy tries to find its footing.And, as everybody knows, the restaurant i

Editor's Note: This was posted in real-time on our Buzz & Banter. It is being republished here for the benefit of the Minyanville community.Professor Krueger’s excellent Buzz post yesterday

Watching TV on a PC is so last century. The future of media is all about size, according to Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban, who is also chairman of HDnet. He’s talking screen size. As Cuban

Editor's Note: This article was written by Chris Tormey, who is presently retired. Until March 2009, he was a partner at SpearpointCapital, a Global Macro Hedge Fund located in New York City.I didn&r

I will never claim to be a technician, but in reality any active trader has to use charts in some capacity, so I will admit that I do use some technical analysis. Last week, I wrote a short article o