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

Have equities ever been this overbought? Will the alleged insider trading scandal impact an already fragile societal mindset as it relates to investor psychology? Given at least ten m

Peggy Noonan, maybe the most gifted essayist of our time, wrote a few weeks ago about the vague concern that many of us have that the looming monster has the potential (my interpretation) not only to

This week has seen yet another round in the battle between Goldman Sachs (GS) and the Rest of the World. On Monday, Goldman Sachs analysts Richard Ramsden and Brian Foran upgraded their outlook for b

Editor's Note: The following article was written by Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist Jeff Saut. It has been reproduced with permission for the benefit of the Minyanville communit

Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992), Austrian economist, author and 1974 Nobel Prize-winner for Economics wrote: “With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governme

“You using the whole fist, Doc?”- FletchWith the market moving at a feverish pace, it sometimes helps to get a professional prognosis. Along those lines, Dr. John Hussman shared some sali

"I can calculate the movements of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of men." - Sir Isaac Newton Before we talk about the markets, let’s spice up this discussion with an experiment

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on the Buzz & Banter. It's being reposted here for the benefit of the Minyanville community. Yesterday, the S&P 500 found support close to

You can’t beat the crowd by being the crowd. Yet, time and again, this is exactly what most investors attempt to do. The investment manifestation of this is called momentum investing -- buy hig