America’s Driving the Next Subprime Bubble

Just as home sales and subprime mortgages inflated the real estate bubble in 2006 and 2007, today the U.S. auto…

10 years ago

Investors Concerned about GDP Growth

Economic growth beat estimates, leading investors to worry that the Federal Reserve could begin tapering its stimulus sooner than expected.…

10 years ago

Wall Street: The Best Friend of Entrepreneurs and Investors

Yesterday, I gave a lecture at the historic Kansas City Public Library. I defended Wall Street and made the case…

10 years ago

$3.6 Billion Lost to Fraud is IRS’s Improvement from the Year before

For tax year 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued $3.6 billion in potentially fraudulent refunds.

10 years ago

Spain’s Industry, Exports Grow, Unemployment Still High

Spain reported 1.4% year-on-year growth in September, contradicting expectations of a 1.5% contraction.

10 years ago

Global Grain Production up, Commodities Traders Down

The United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today that global grain production will be much more robust than…

10 years ago

Russian Economy to Face 20 Years of Underperformance

Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev stated his country’s expected rate of growth over the next two decades would be 2.5…

10 years ago

Twitter Surges More than 70% in Debut

Twitter (TWTR) began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TWTR and the shares are…

10 years ago

Blockbuster to Close Its 300 U.S.-based Stores and DVD-by-mail program

By January 2014, Blockbuster Video parent Dish Network will close all of its Blockbuster retail locations in the United States,…

10 years ago

Dow Jones Reaches Record Closing Value

U.S. Federal Reserve officials confirmed further stimulus efforts due to current economic weakness, causing investors to enter the markets and…

10 years ago