SeriousBull

Happy New Year or Not?

Tags: 2008 + Economy + investing + Stocks

Equity Markets were amazing in 2007.  The score at the end was not remarkable if gauged by the broad indices, but the opportunities were well choreographed leading to superior trading profits for more aggressive investors.
In 2007 the housing implosion was the biggest story that trumped both high energy prices and the war in Iraq. US Monetary policy […]

December 31, 2007 - Markets - 0 Comments

Should Investors fear this Market?

Tags: Economy + housing + investing + Stocks + Treasury

We’ve heard such a chorus of reassurance from Treasury, Commerce, the Federal Reserve, and the President that the US economy is strong and able to easily withstand the fallout expected from the sub-prime housing debacle, that one must wonder if these assurances are true or just

December 28, 2007 - Economy, Markets - 0 Comments

Did President Bush say the US is Broke?

Tags: Bali + Economy + Green + Kyota + Markets + Politcs + Treasury

The Bush Administration angered members of the European Union by its demand to exclude any specific greenhouse gas emission cuts in the final climate agreement due in 2009.  The US insists that the developing nations, particularly China and India, must also make similar cuts to those demanded of the US. The

December 21, 2007 - Politics - 0 Comments

What’s wrong with those Banking reforms?

Tags: Banks + Commerce + housing + Treasury

The Federal Reserve has issued new rules to end bad lending practices. The proposed rules:

Improve financial disclosure to borrowers
Restrict penalties for early payoff of loans
Require lenders to escrow money for taxes & insurance
Prohibit making loans without considering a borrowers ability to pay

Conspicuously absent from this list of reforms are two measures which in SB’s mind […]

December 20, 2007 - Politics - 0 Comments