business newspapers

A story reported in the New York Times recently talked about the failure of Integrity Bank of Alpharetta, Georgia. The Times reported that integrity Bank was the 10th US Bank to fail so far in 2008. (…)

Sometimes, trying to get your arms around a gigantic number (for example, the area of earth covered by land) just takes time. (…)

The line heard in every economic recession, and every single stock market pullback is: this time it's different. (…)

Bank Failures in Nevada and California
The headlines this past weekend showed that US regulators took over two banks Friday afternoon and sold them both to Mutual of Omaha bank. (…)

I'm going to paint a word picture for you.
Suppose you own a stock that gave three successive buy signals last summer — in 2007. The stock ran from $28 per share up to $34 a share. (…)

In the coming months and years, you will hear more publicly traded companies than ever before discussing the idea of GOING PRIVATE.  Even with the mortgage mess, there is STILL access to capital. (…)

Let's talk about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
How could these two companies be "OK" a week ago — and now this week they seem on the brink of disaster? (…)

UPDATE: Sunday evening, 03/16/2008: Bear Stearns to be acquired by JPMorgan Chase for $2.00 in stock swap deal.
That is NOT a typo!
The stock closed at $30 on Friday. On Thursday, it was $57.00. (…)

In my previous column, I mentioned that getting your investment ideas from financial channels and the business section of newspapers and magazines is really a painful path to follow in the money game. (…)