Daniel Tarullo, a member of the Federal Reserve Board, spoke earlier today at the Fed Conference in Washington DC about the progress that has been made in developing a... Read More

At the prestigious SALT Conference held last week, one got to hear contrasting views on China's future. While some speakers were ultra-bears, there were others who thought this was... Read More

Russian oil and gas firms have historically focused on production of natural gas rather than crude oil because of the differential taxes applicable on the two products. As a... Read More

UBS technical analysts are with her - sorta.... Republican Presidential aspirant Donald Trump is gaining in the polls, the oil market continues to fall and a September top has... Read More

Time was when U.S. senators enjoyed some “informational advantage” that helped them make some abnormal gains on the stock market – as much as 8.8% annualized. Such gains have... Read More

The media and entire tech world was waiting today for a big announcement by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Intial rumors last week speculated that Microsoft might be launching a new... Read More

Over the past three decades, Japan’s depressed equity market has been the perfect hunting ground for deep value investors. But the recent multi-year rally, driven by Prime Minister Shinzo... Read More

Watch out lawbreakers, that odd follower on your social media may be a police officer. A New Jersey judge ruled that social media posts can be used in court, even... Read More

In an interesting article, the WSJ discloses that low profile IKEA recently made public its internal valuation of the IKEA brand – approximately $11 billion, which led to a... Read More

We are out at the Invest for Kids conference today in Chicago - below are our informal notes from the Sam Zell presentation. We have a lot more coverage... Read More