Buffett’s Third Quarter Spending Spree Highest in 15 Years

A little over a month ago Warren Buffett, the world’s foremost investor, announced that he wants to buy back an unlimited number of shares in his own company, Berkshire… Read more

David Einhorn Short-Selling Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR)

At the Value Investing Congress in New York City this morning, renowned hedge fund manager and short-seller David Einhorn slammed Vermont-based Green Mountain… Read more

50% Chance of Recession

Now that an actual, much-needed, $450 billion American jobs bill is here, it will be interesting to see how it’s treated in Congress. Read more

What the Fed is Waiting For


So, let me start today by offering my apologies if you had difficulty … Read more

Austerity and the Economy

The debt deal in Congress is as good as passed. And yet stocks sold off hard yesterday. And today isn’t shaping up to be much … Read more

Who’s Regulating the Regulators?



I’ve spent most of this week railing about Congress’ inability to realistically deal with 2011… Read more

Debt Ceiling Chicken

The game of “debt ceiling chicken” continues as Congress delayed a vote on Speaker Boehner’s latest plan until tomorrow. Apparently, the GOP… Read more

Should Citi CEO Make $42 million?

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit just got a compensation deal that could be worth as much as $42 million. All he has to do is meet … Read more

Citi CEOs Big Payday (c)

Citigroup (NYSE:C) CEO Vikram Pandit is about to cash in. All he has to do is match… Read more