GE’s AAA rating has been called into question lately. And for good reason. “We run the company to have a Triple-A credit rating, and we have significantly strengthened our liquidity [ … ]
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JOHN THAIN’S WORLD….
In John Thain’s world you get paid tens of millions of dollars. You spend $1 million on a new office. You expect a $10 million bonus after your stock falls [ … ]
YAMADA: NEXT STOP DOW 6,000
Louise Yamada, head of Yamada Technical Research Advisors says the Dow could fall to 6,000 this year. I’d call her crazy, but she’s been remarkably accurate over the last few [ … ]
THE HEIDI KLUM PORTFOLIO
An off topic look at the Heidi Klum portfolio: Cullen RocheMr. Roche is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Discipline Funds.Discipline Funds is a low fee financial advisory firm [ … ]
DATA MINING AT BLOOMBERG
Bloomberg is out with an article detailing the largest election day-inauguration day decline ever. The story implies that this is somehow relevant to today’s stock market. The reality is that [ … ]
MOHAMED EL-ERIAN ON THE BANKS
PIMCO’s co-chief is out with a great article on the new measures the U.S. will have to take to shore up the banking sector. Over the next few weeks, the [ … ]
EXPECTATIONS TOO HIGH FOR OBAMA?
I haven’t seen expectations like this since the mighty U.S. military rolled into lowly Iraq with the expectation to conquer a nation in a month. The public is infatuated with [ … ]
FELIX ZULAUF INTERVIEW
Zulauf was very cautious heading into 2008 and has been one of the more accurate forecasters throughout this downturn. Well worth a listen… When Economy Recovers, Belts Will Still Be [ … ]
WHAT’S WRONG WITH A SWEDISH MODEL?
It seems the U.S. government had a pretty good blueprint for the ensuing credit crisis and decided not to implement it. Who ever went wrong with Swedish models? In the [ … ]