“Crippled but free. I was blind by the time I was learning to see.” --Grateful Dead It was a beautiful, crisp September morning as I looked up from my Wall Street Journal to watch the sun

Editor's Note: “Memoirs of a Minyan” is a first-person account that follows Minyanville founder Todd Harrison as he weaves his way through Wall Street and beyond. This e-Book will publish

This has been a tough week for cyber criminals. British hacker Gary McKinnon -- accused of pulling off the biggest military computer hack of all time, to the tune of $800,000 -- lost an appeal to avo

When Oregon capped payday loan APRs at 36% in 2007, Advance America closed all their stores in the state. Why? Because the legislature made it impossible for them to collect interest at rates that so

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"Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right." --Grateful Dead The New York State Lottery tagline used to be "You've got to be in it to w

Senator Barack Obama is a either a naïf or a ninny. Based on his tax proposals, the key to any economic program, the nincompoop out-points the naïf. Here’s why: Obama proposes to rais

Imagine you’re running a marathon. Against incredible odds, you’re in first place. The finish line is just yards away; as you cross it, triumphant, the feeling of ecstasy immediately vani

Volatile swings and crushing losses in the stock market are enough to drive you crazy. Literally. The phones of psychologists in New York have been ringing off the hook as Wall Street’s executi

While October may be the cruelest month, its final week was even crueler: It gave us false hope. The Dow was up 10%, the S&P was up 11% - their biggest one-week gains since 1974. Even staid blue-