Let’s eavesdrop on Q (the anxious investor) and A (the conventionally-wise advisor) as they discuss what’s eating at Q… Q: The market just had its worst quarter since the 1st quarter of 2009… A: That’s what they tell me… Q: Should I get out of stocks? A: Is it time to spend the money? Q: [...]

“Helicopter Ben” (Bernanke), made so much sense in [some of] yesterday’s speech (AP report below) that I must, in all sincerity, pay him due tribute herein…  However, all due tributing aside, my interjections (parenthesized/italicized) point out the paradox that infects Washington ideology and is the essence of our problems – we simply can’t have free [...]

Market maven Meredith Whitney uncannily predicted Citigroup’s woes and became an instant Wall Street celeb… Reminds me when, back in the day, Elaine Garzarelli foretold of a market collapse close enough to Black Monday (Oct 1987) to garner oracle status – inspiring, as I recall, tens of thousands to subscribe to her newsletter…  Sometime last [...]

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