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Warning: This Post May Cause Insomnia

Brian Hicks
Posted November 19, 2007

While the subprime slime has managed to ding one bank after another these days, if there was a catbird seat to be had it would definitely belong to Goldman Sachs. But here's the scary part...

SIVs and the Domino Effect

Brian Hicks
Posted November 17, 2007

I find myself thinking more and more about dominoes these days. Not the pizza, but the kind that you play with. As a kid, I use to love to set them up and knock them down. That's because the debt...

Platinum Market Prices

Luke Burgess
Posted November 15, 2007

Production problems mean demand for platinum is exceeding supply, which could push platinum market prices as high as $1,700 an ounce by the end of next year.

Warren Buffett is Dead Wrong

Brian Hicks
Posted November 15, 2007

When it comes to the Warren Buffett story, there's really not much about it that I don't love. After all, how could you not like a guy whose favorite meal is a big cheeseburger and a Cherry Coke...

Homebuilders Struggle with Bankruptcy

Brian Hicks
Posted November 15, 2007

Editor Steve Christ takes a look at the fortunes of the nation's homebuilders as more them try to skirt bankruptcy.

Boycott Yahoo

Brian Hicks
Posted November 14, 2007

Ok. I admit it. When it comes to this story I'm a bit late to the scene. But after reading about Yahoo's settlement yesterday with the families of the Chinese dissidents that the company helped to...

Green Building Stocks

Nick Hodge
Posted November 14, 2007

This week, editor Nick Hodge takes a look at the convergence of the green building and carbon markets, and discusses the future of each.

Economic and Political Crisis

Brian Hicks
Posted November 13, 2007

If it hadn't been for inflationary fears, the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, or the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1980, patient gold investors would have never watched as $104 gold skyrocketed 725%...

Home Depot Stock Stumbles

Brian Hicks
Posted November 13, 2007

Big box retailer and national bellwether stock, Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD), reported this morning that its 3rd quarter net profit fell by nearly 27% due to a "tough environment" in housing.

Main Street is Getting Nervous

Brian Hicks
Posted November 13, 2007

While a good bit of the news lately surrounding the credit crunch has revolved around those faltering CDOs, the real affects of the sub prime mess actually continue long after those massive...

The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement

Brian Hicks
Posted November 12, 2007

This agitation against the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement seems a bit too late, as the United States and the Republic of Korea (as the South is known, versus the North's Democratic People's Republic...

Ron Paul vs. Ben Bernanke

Brian Hicks
Posted November 12, 2007

With one eye on a mess of intraday charts and the other on CNBC, I caught this exchange yesterday between two people that can only be described as polar opposites-Ron Paul and Ben Bernanke. It was...