Oct 23, 2013
Where does the market go from here? I say onward and upward. Why?
Sep 18, 2013
Would you buy shares in a company if its stock certificates fell freely from the sky every couple days? I doubt it.
Sep 11, 2013
The economy is churning along at a slow rate, but growth continues and might even pick up the pace soon. This is not a bear market scenario. Don't let the shrill quacking of a lame duck administration distract you. Higher stock prices await us.
Sep 4, 2013
In a recent series of articles on Newsmax and elsewhere, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has made the case for, and discussed alternative sources of funding for the nation's highways, roads and bridges.
Aug 28, 2013
I thought I would make some comments about what fundamental events could bring this cyclical bull market to an end. On the economic front, there are two obvious candidates: slowing economic growth and higher interest rates.
Aug 21, 2013
Last week, I said I would show why I believe we are at the top of the cyclical bull market that began in early 2009. Then I remembered a maxim I always followed when teaching: why do the work, when the "students" (my readers, in this case) should do the work instead?
Aug 14, 2013
Make sure that your advance/decline database includes only common stocks. These days many real estate investment trusts, oil partnerships and similar financial instruments trade on the NYSE.
Jul 31, 2013
While many citizens delegate responsibility for terrorism analysis and prevention to Homeland Security and other government organizations, the factors that motivate individuals to commit terrorist acts are, in fact, very easily understood using simple microeconomic analysis.