In my opinion, the best comedy ever was the sitcom Seinfeld, and one of the most hilarious episodes was “opposite George." (Click here for a clip and a great laugh.) In this classic episod

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Dr. Pangloss, the effervescent optimist in Voltaire’s novel Candide, may have kindred spirits at the National Association for Business Economics.The Washington, DC-based trade group representin

Dear Mr. Bernanke,I have a confession to make. In my recently published book, I didn’t speak too kindly of you nor your predecessor, “easy Al”. I still believe my criticisms of Mr.

Crisis, What Crisis? As I scroll through hundreds of charts, I continually see that markets are right back to where they were before this credit crisis began. It’s almost like investors have co

Once again everyone is hyperventilating over "secret" moves to trade oil in currencies other than the US dollar. Please consider The Demise of the Dollar by Robert Fisk.  “In

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If technology stocks led the market higher and the semiconductors lead tech, what can we read into... Altera (ALTR) recently raised guidance and the stock was flat. Diod

Inquiring minds are wondering: How overpriced is the S&P?It's an excellent question, given that the bulls feel the market is headed much higher while the bears feel the opposite after a remarkabl

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