Austerity coming, well slowly if at all

One reason I'm optimistic on the markets for 2013 is that finally the U.S. looks like it's going to do something about the deficit.  The bad news is that it's a very sloppy and public process.  The…


Buffett on US Debt Problem: 'We'll Get It Solved'

Buffett on US Debt Problem: 'We'll Get It Solved' Published: Friday, 28 Dec 2012 | 12:54 PM ET By: Alex Crippen   Despite the intense political fighting over just the "fiscal cliff," Warren…


2012: The Year in Graphs

2012: The Year in Graphs Posted by The Wonkblog Team on December 27, 2012 at 11:12 am As 2012 draws to a close, Wonkblog asked our favorite professional wonks — economists, political scientist,…


Winning With S&P 500 Losers - Barrons.com

Winning With Losers By ANDREW BARY | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR An early-year strategy of embracing the previous year's worst S&P 500 stocks has produced fat gains One early-year investment strategy…


Reading the Markets: Bulkowski, Visual Guide to Chart Patterns

Bulkowski, Visual Guide to Chart Patterns In general, the Bloomberg visual guides are a conceptual stretch, but Thomas N. Bulkowski’s Visual Guide to Chart Patterns (Wiley/Bloomberg, 2013) is an…


Pension Pulse: The End Is Here?

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2012 The End Is Here? Noah Barkin of Reuters reports, Euro doomsayers adjust predictions after 2012 apocalypse averted: Back in May, as the euro zone veered deeper into crisis,…