December 2008
December 30, 2008 –
Fellow Fool Alyce Lomax declared 2008 The Year of Moral Hazard. Talking with her today, it got me thinking...how else could we characterize the year?: [more]
December 19, 2008 –
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RELATED TICKERS: GM
, F
So the automakers got their bailout today. And they got very lenient terms to whip themselves into shape in the next three months. At least we're keeping up the facade of holding their feet to the fire, right? Wrong...check out this quote (courtesy of the WSJ) from President Bush: [more]
December 09, 2008 –
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RELATED TICKERS: WMT
, BLOKA
, SIRI
A little cross-promotion action...wrote an "if they ran it story"...including the first two...click the link for the rest: [more]
December 03, 2008 –
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RELATED TICKERS: F
, GM
This excerpt from a Wall Street Journal e-mail alert cracked me up: [more]
December 03, 2008 –
Per the Financial Times (link below): [more]
December 01, 2008 –
Tired of pushing interest rates asymptotically toward zero, Bernanke said today that the Fed may buy Treasuries to help boost the economy. [more]