Slowly, but surely, the number of cautiously positive reports about stocks poised for rebound are showing up more frequently in our RSS feed inboxes.   While the unemployment rates are still too high, the number of mortgage restructures progressing far too slowly, and big banks still cutting out loans to small businesses (both in the [...]

So…what’s Warren’s next move? It’s one of those loaded questions (aside from when the Fed will finally start raising interest rates) that often shoots many pundits square in the foot. However, pain is little deterrance from the overall fun of peering into our own crystal balls after Warren makes a move.   Last week’s news that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) had made its [...]

Last fall, heated arguments flooded media outlets on whether Congress should bail out failing banks such as Goldman Sachs (GS), JP Morgan (JPM), Bear Stearns and CIT (CIT).   Opinion was sharply divided. Some feared the long-reaching impact of large-scale financial failures while the others cried foul against rewarding blatantly risky practices. One year and [...]