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Meredith Whitney: Credit Cards the Next Credit Crunch
Meredith Whitney, CEO, Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, fomerly of Oppenheimer, appeared on CNBC yesterday afternoon to discuss Citigroup's…
March 11, 2009
Navigating Volatility: The Case for Tactical Alpha
In today's volatile markets, alternative investments are key for diversification, resilience, and returns, but they demand expertise to navigate. Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners and Scott Radke, CEO and Co-CIO of New Holland Capital discuss...
Prem Watsa: 2008 Letter to Shareholders
Prem Watsa, Chairman and CEO, Fairfax Financial, one of Canada's most successful investors, and often compared to Warren…
March 10, 2009
Oil About Nordic American Tankers (NAT)
Back in November, we recalled overhearing the interview with Herbjorn Hannson, CEO, and his report on the earnings…
March 9, 2009
Yamada Sees 44% of NYSE Stocks Under $10 as `Shocking'
This may seem as yet another gloomy outlook for US Stocks and for that matter stocks in general,…
March 8, 2009
Crispin Odey: Markets Giving Misleading Signals
Crispin Odey, CIO, Odey Asset Management, shares a wealth of insight in his 2008 year-end Letter to Shareholders…
March 5, 2009
Crispin Odey: No Recovery Until Consumers Unwind Debt
Crispin Odey, CIO, Founder of Odey Asset Management, in the UK, released his outlook for 2009 in his…
March 5, 2009
Hugh Hendry: Long 30-Year Government Bonds
Hugh Hendry is bullish on Government Bonds, the long-term kind. In particular, he likes the German 30-year Bunds,…
March 4, 2009
Warren Buffett: 2008 Letter to Shareholders
Warren Buffett's 2008 Letter to the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Here is an excerpt from the 2009…
March 1, 2009
How the (financial) world nearly ended at 2:00 p.m., September 18, 2008
At 2 minutes, 20 seconds into this C-Span video clip, Rep. Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania explains how the…
February 18, 2009
FRONTLINE: Inside the Meltdown (PBS)
On Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, the astonished leadership of the U.S. Congress was told in a private session…
February 17, 2009
Donald Coxe: A Difference of Opinion on the Stimulus Program? (February 13, 2009)
Donald Coxe, Chief Investment Strategist, Coxe Advisors LLC's, weekly conference call is an excellent source of outlook and…
February 16, 2009
Donald Coxe: Have Commodities Started to Outperform?
Although we have anxiously awaited a new issue of Basic Points from Donald Coxe, since he announced his…
February 11, 2009
Buffett's Metric says its time to buy
Fortune/CNNMoney ran the following article on February 4, 2009, positing that one of Warren Buffett's key metrics, Market…
February 9, 2009
Sprott: "So you think 2008 was bad?"
Eric Sprott, Chairman, CEO, and portfolio manager of Sprott Asset Management, has released his most recent newsletter, and presents the following facts…
February 8, 2009
George Soros: Interviews at Davos
George Soros interviewed at the World Economic Forum, Davos 2009. Click play to watch. Soros discusses the formation…
February 4, 2009