Current Issues

The Tour de France is underway! Here in Austin many of us are fans of local hero Lance Armstrong. His record-breaking seven Tour victories are an inspiration to anyone facing a big … [More...]

What are the most important and enduring characteristics of the Great Depression? And what should we monitor to determine how severe today’s situation really is? The stock market … [More...]

I wanted to take a break from the consumer-oriented pieces I’ve been doing lately to give you a complete update on the stock market in general, and dividend payments in particular … [More...]

Just as the authorities were touting the “end of the financial crisis,” all heck has begun break loose again … We have a new surge in unemployment, and even without counting those … [More...]

This is a day of reckoning for California, and ultimately, for all of America. Will our nation’s largest debtors meet their massive financial obligations? Or will many ultimately default? In California … [More...]

The Money and Markets team is off today, celebrating the Fourth of July with friends and family.
But we just wanted to take a moment to wish you a very happy holiday weekend — and to … [More...]

Every few months, I feel it’s my duty to let you know the latest about what’s going on in housing. There is simply so much off-the-wall blather, bogus data, and downright misinformation out … [More...]

You’ve probably heard about leveraged ETFs: Funds designed to deliver twice or even three times the return of their benchmarks. Just last week, ProShares launched the first triple-leveraged … [More...]

The Baltic Dry Index, which measures the freight rates for dry cargo traveling by ship, hit an all time high of 11,793 on May 5, 2008. Then it plunged to 663 on December 5, a decline of … [More...]

In the Dividend Superstars issue that just went to press, I talked about FICO credit scores — the three-digit numbers that greatly determine how much money we can borrow, what interest … [More...]

My team and I are all set to present SOLVING THE TIMING MYSTERY PART 2 — our blockbuster complimentary online briefing tomorrow at noon Eastern Time. But registration closes in just … [More...]

Tomorrow, my team and I will present Part 2 of Solving the Timing Mystery, in a gala online event at 12 noon Eastern Time (5 PM GMT). This is the big pay-off to the series. So I … [More...]