Wells Capital Management’s Jim Paulsen says the Federal Reserve shouldn’t undertake another round of quantitative easing, and instead should focus on restoring confidence. “I think the Fed, by continuing to respond…
Day: August 23, 2012
Buffett's Muni Move: Troubling Sign?
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway recently terminated credit default swaps it had made insuring $8.25 billion in municipal debt. Here, Colin Barr of The Wall Street Journal discusses Berkshire’s muni move,…
These IPOs Have Substance
In his latest column for Nasdaq.com, Validea CEO John Reese says that the difficult times recent initial public offering stocks like Facebook and Groupon have endured aren’t a surprise, given…
Hulbert on the Failed Correction
MarketWatch’s Mark Hulbert says the stock market’s May-June correction failed to do what corrections are supposed to do: knock excessive optimism out of the market. Hulbert says that the average…
Bogle: Equities Aren't Dead
Vanguard founder Jack Bogle says he doesn’t think the “cult of equities” is dead, but has a slightly below-average outlook for stocks. “If the culture of equities is dead, it’s…