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  • Sep 30, 2007

    What Recession?

    Every month I get a long list of return numbers from the investment boutique Aronson+Johnson+Ortiz. The latest rows of figures are all positive….

  • Sep 28, 2007

    What If?

    Jim Paulson, head of Wells Capital Management, is always thoughtful. He's been thinking about something I've been wondering about the past few days…

  • Who said, "Individual investors lose. Mutual fund managers win." Consumer advocate Ralph Nader? Crusading New York State attorney general Eliott…

  • Healthcare insurance premiums are poised to head higher next year. To be sure, the latest Hewitt Associates study shows that health care cost rate…

  • Sep 25, 2007

    Rcession Watch

    Do you think a recession is coming with the downturn in housing? Or are you in the camp that believes the worst is behind us?…

  • Sep 25, 2007

    The Dollar, Again

    Dartmouth University economist Andrew Samwick has a good post on the dollar on his blog….

  • Sep 24, 2007

    The Dollar

    The dollar dropped to another record low against the Euro. It also hit a 15-year low against a basket of currencies representing America's six…

  • Do you feel that you haven't had a real raise in years? There's good reason. Here are some numbers drawn from the latest issue of Business Week. …

  • What story is the market telling us? The stock market rallied on the Fed rate cut of half-a-point. So far, so good….

  • I've been catching up on my reading, and I came across this entry on Bruce Nussbaum's blog. Bruce is Business Week's innovation and design maven. …