Monthly Archives: April 2009

Both boom and gloom are risky from here

We seem to be at an interesting juncture in market psychology. The long always cheerleaders are still out in full force, urging everyone to buy, buy, buy. But they always say that, so we have learned to filter out the … Continue reading

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"Banksters" and the fraud that broke us

Bill Moyers sits down with William K. Black, the former senior regulator who cracked down on banks during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. Black offers his analysis of what went wrong and his critique of the bailout. … Continue reading

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Principal protected notes and other bad investment products

Tom Bradley has an excellent article in the Globe this morning: ” 'It will sell': a tipoff for bad investment products.” Send it along to your friends and family. Now that markets have already declined by 50% this bear market, … Continue reading

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