Forget the statistical analysis, chatter from the guru of the minute, and the price of oil or gold, because we’re in a Mother Goose economy.The author of nursery rhymes summed up our current fi

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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

CF Industries (CF) is locked in a three-way tug-of-war over its future, and the shape of the fertilizer industry hangs in the balance. Okay, maybe it’s not that dramatic. But there's a battle o

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1. The Economic Crisis Takes a Virulent TurnThe word credit comes from the Latin "credere" which means "to believe, or to trust." That's really all you need to know about the mode

When it comes to global manufacturing, Mexico is quickly emerging as the “new” China.According to corporate consultant AlixPartners, Mexico has leapfrogged China to be ranked as the cheap

1. Two Economies, One Outcome: DeflationMost people mistake inflation and deflation as the simple idea that inflation means rising prices and deflation means falling prices. The problem is, those are

Some more thoughts on Priceline.com (PCLN) after the news. If you own stock like Dollar Bill Shatner, go re-order your marble back scratchers.For anyone else?Well, after hours on Monday, the stock tr

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