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Bill Black: Fire Holder, Geithner and Bernanke

Brian Hicks
Posted October 29, 2010

At the precipice of elections, Bill Black discusses the wide reaching hand of fraud and crooked banking today.

Goldcorp Doubles Dividend Payments

Luke Burgess
Posted October 29, 2010

Canadian gold miner Goldcorp increased the company's dividend payment for the first time ever as third-quarter profits surged.

Five Marijuana Stocks to Play Prop 19

Luke Burgess
Posted October 29, 2010

Editor Luke Burgess takes a look at the investment environment of California's potentially new legal cannabis market, and gives investors five marijuana stocks that could soar if Proposition 19 is...

Gross, Grantham Agree: QE 2 is Troublesome

Brian Hicks
Posted October 28, 2010

Bill Gross, co-founder of Pacific Investment Management Co., and Jeremy Grantham, chief investment strategist at Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co., lambasted the Federal Reserve's loose monetary...

New Housing Data Provides a Mixed Bag

Brian Hicks
Posted October 27, 2010

The end of the month is always about the latest housing numbers. So far, it has been a mixed bag as housing sales jump, but home buyer tax credits hit their deadline.

Obama's Biggest Mistake...

Brian Hicks
Posted October 27, 2010

Obama and Bernanke are likely to issue QE2... but it'll disappoint, and it won't be enough. It'll drive the dollar down, and commodities through the roof, killing any chances of a Main Street...

Why Rich People are Living in Tents

Brian Hicks
Posted October 27, 2010

Publisher Brian Hicks describes a very different kind of housing crisis unfolding in the U.S.

Apple to Buy Netflix?

Brian Hicks
Posted October 26, 2010

Apple may look to buy Netflix, and some analysts think the marriage could work. A Gleacher analyst report from CNBC.

Urban Mining: The Search for Rare Earth Elements

Luke Burgess
Posted October 25, 2010

Japan is beginning to actively pursue the recycling of e-waste in a new process called "urban mining" to mitigate the country's dependence on China for rare earth elements.