Day: June 17, 2009

Surprise: The Weakest Companies Are Leading the Rally

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke believes the green shoots of economic recovery are sprouting, and the market seems to agree: The…

China Pushes Its Businesses To “Buy China”

Starbucks (SBUX): Another Quick Fix That Is No Fix

The latest mad plan by Howard Schulz and his executive team to fix Starbucks (SBUX) is to have stores grind…

Auto Suppliers: Fixing Car Companies While Breaking The System

The novel approach that the federal government is taking to fixing the American car industry is that it will bail…

The Instantaneous Collapse Of Social Network Values

The valuations of large social networks such as MySpace (NWS), Facebook, and Twitter is that a visitor has the same…

The Regulation Of Financial Markets To Improve Consumer Protection

Pause and consider for a moment the fact that no amount of regulation of financial markets can squeeze the effects…

Media Digest 6/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: The US faces a long period of economic stagnation. Reuters:   Obama will release plans for a financial market overhaul.…

Asia Markets And Europe Open 6/17/2008

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .9% to 9,841. The Hang Seng was up .5% to 18,251. The…