I’ve been in South America this week, speaking nine times in five days, interspersed with lots of meetings. The conversation kept coming back to the prospects for the dollar, but I was just as

Grocery-price wars are heating up. Dominicks, Safeway (SWY), Sam's Club (WMT), Meijer, Walmart, Vons, and Ralphs are all in on the action. Dominick's, in particular, is slashing prices

And its whispered that soon if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason. And a new day will dawn for those who stand long And the forests will echo with laughter.- Led Zeppelin (Sta

As a matter of course, I’m long meritocracy and short entitlement. As per my recent missive, there are two possible paths into year-end. The credit markets are pointing higher, the w

Minyan Morning Memo One to Watch: CSX Corp. (CSX) will hope to avoid giving investors any excuse to rail against its stock when the transportation giant reports after the close. Q2 is expected t

School’s out for summer, but that doesn’t mean the learning has to end. You can feel good about sending your kids to MinyanLand to learn the basics of earning, spending, saving and giving

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, had an op-ed in Monday's New York Times in which he called anyone who's skeptical of man-made global warming a “traitor to the Earth.” Now

If you want to take the pulse of the market, just look around and see what’s happening to short sellers.A few months ago, you could go to mainstream websites and find tutorials on short selling

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