Should Goldman Sachs (GS) pay its vaunted legions of bankers and traders less money?According to the Wall Street Journal, some of the dominant global investment bank's major shareholders are answerin

Despite ballooning Fed reserves to bail out banks, money supply -- as measured by the growth in money supply with a zero maturity (MZM) (notes and coins, check accounts, savings deposits, and money-m

The chorus of “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”, music by John Kellette, and lyrics by James Kendis, James Brockman, and Nat Vincent, first performed on Broadway in 1918 (That’s r

A popular prescription in the personal finance domain is to increase or maximize annual contributions to 401(k)s or similar retirement plans. However, one of the best financial decisions I’ve m

The pharmaceutical landscape is rapidly changing as patents for some of the blockbuster drugs of the last decade near expiration and other players try to grab some of the remaining revenues before ge

Peter,Earlier this week, on CNBC, banking analyst Meredith Whitney said, “I think that the call this year, the trade this year has been short the regional banks and go long the capital market

Given the choice between immediate gratification and savings for the future, most Americans opted for new Italian loafers or a flat screen TV. Bucking that trend is the recent 6.9% saving rate increa

I’m not sure what happened last night. I was tinkering around on the Web, just surfing news, and lost track of time. When I looked up, it was midnight. Not good when you have to wake up at 4:30

Last month I highlighted the structural changes that have taken place in the DRAM industry and how that makes for a positive investment environment over the next year or so. Since then, there have be

As America prepares to tuck into turkeys, Byrd became our longest serving lawmaker, Birds Eye is being bought by Blackstone (BX) and yesterday’s equity action was one for the birds. With h