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Rally Resumes: Are Stocks Forecasting Recovery or About to Be Blindsided?

January 6th, 2009
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Depending on your perspective, Something's Gotta Give is either a heart-warming love story, one of the worst Jack Nicholson movie ever made, or an apt description of the financial markets right now. ...

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Was Madoff Jewel Ploy Another Fraud to Save Sons?

January 6th, 2009
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From ClusterStock.com, Jan. 6, 2009: Given Bernie Madoff's skill at hiding a massive Ponzi scheme for decades, plus his reported obsessive-compulsive attention to details, we need to ask the same question that several readers have asked. ...

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Has Facebook’s Value Plunged from $15B to Just $500M?

January 6th, 2009
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There's no question, private company valuations are falling along with their publicly traded brethren. And Web 2.0 darling Facebook isn't immune. We all know it's not worth that posh $15 billion valuation Microsoft bestowed on it back in 2007. But how low

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Why We Should Kill the Credit Rating Agencies

January 6th, 2009
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In Saturday's New York Times, Michael Lewis argued that credit rating agencies, like Moody's and Standard & Poors should be restructured. He didn't mince words saying "the world is worse off for their existence." So, asks my guest Paul Kedro

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Shilling: Housing Market Could Fall Another 20 Percent

January 6th, 2009
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The already crumbling housing market could plummet an additional 20%, says Gary Shilling, president of A. Gary Shilling & Co., and author of the popular INSIGHT newsletter. ...

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Gary Shilling’s 2009 Predictions: More of the Same Pain

January 6th, 2009
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If you're betting the economy will recover in the second half of this year and should be buying stocks now in anticipation, economist Gary Shilling, president of A. Gary Shilling & Co., isn't your guy. ...

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