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

Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Through that lens, the current course of fiscal and monetary po

As we’ve all learned by now, hope is not a strategy.Still, Lowe’s (LOW) Chief Executive Robert Niblock tried to evoke that feeling of hopefulness in announcing the company’s dismal

Enter the Dragon!There was a time, about a decade ago, that Cisco (CSCO) executives would comment that Huawei was so good at copying (aka appropriating) Cisco’s technology that it even replicat

Deflation fears persist as credit in the US and Eurozone regions continue to contract. In a story by the Telegraph, data from the European Central Bank showed that the M3 broad money supply fell over

Demand for oil remains bearish with unemployment near 10%, slow economic growth ahead, and ample fuel supplies on hand. But the weak dollar and fear of inflation has led some to bet on oil as a hedge

As the economy slowly resuscitates, companies might use a slow rebound as an excuse to ignore their social responsibilities. But I ask you to take a lesson from IBM, and not, as the company says, &ld

The euro is under pressure against the greenback this morning after the 16-member Eurozone unemployment rate ran up to 9.6% in August, the highest in 10 years. According to the Financial Times,

If you have a job and it’s not in jeopardy, pull out the party hat and toot your horn. The OECD calls an end to the global recession.  “The global downturn was effectively declare

Sunday’s chart of the week, which looked at Implied Volatility of DJIA Components: Now vs. 52 Week High, received enough interest to warrant a follow-up that examines the current implied volati