What will the S&P 500 Total Return be over the coming years? NO ONE knows for certain but GMO thinks the numbers will not be too good based on... Read More

 Sweden And Its World Class Economy: Myths And Facts Sweden Bernie Sanders’s entry into the presidential race has sparked a nationwide conversation about socialism and its potential to remedy the real... Read More

Efforts to advance a bipartisan overhaul of Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Association (OTCBB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) received a have jolt... Read More

I talk a lot about compounders–businesses that produce lots of cash flow and have opportunities to reinvest that cash flow at high rates of return. Such businesses that produce... Read More

George Soros And 1987: When Your Longs & Shorts BOTH Go Against You I can relate to situations where all my positions went against me…and I’m sure some participants can... Read More

It’s no secret that the dry bulk industry is struggling to turn a profit in the current economic environment, and this is finally starting to translate into higher scrappage... Read More

Spruce Point Research Activism Partners was up 2% net in July, compared to the Russell 1000's inverse return of -2.08% and the BarclayHedge Equity Market Neutral Index's return of... Read More

Lawmakers took up the often confusing topic of dark pools in a hearing Friday, and many appeared to come out of the hearing with no more understanding than what... Read More

With a weekend vote in Greece potentially triggering a derivatives default, one that banks and Larry Summers have indicated they are prepared for (“foam is on the runway,” Summers... Read More

EU debt takes a hit. Like the Swiss and the United Kingdom before them, Standard & Poor’s ratings agency has downgraded the European Union. The move to rate the supernational’s... Read More