Charting Stocks

When we wrote “Inflating a Bull Market,” we mentioned the inverse relationship between the US dollar and stock prices. In March, the US dollar peaked from overbought levels and began to decline. At the same time stocks bottomed from oversold levels and began to move up. The reason is simple – Stocks are priced [...]

Private gains through public risk.
In the latest of public subsidies handed out to private corporations, GE Capital will sell debt this week under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program. GE will enjoy a very low cost of borrowing as it issues bonds backed by the full faith and credit of the [...]