Finance

Contemplate this chart a bit.     This shows you what the stock market (S&P 500) did, along with the expansion in both GDP and debt (leverage) during that time.  The debt expansion was a geometric series from roughly 1990 forward until it hit the wall in 2007.   It may not be...

The number of people working in the New York City financial services industry is shrinking. As of August 2011, data shows that some 166,000 people are employed by financial services industries, and that number will contract into the end of the year and January. Many markets have experienced...

By Robert A. Green, CPA and founder and CEO of Green & Company Inc. (GreenTraderTax.com and GreenTraderFunds.com) After publishing this blog, we noticed the IRS just busted Google on the tax abuses we write about below. Read "IRS Auditing How Google Shifted Profits Offshore to Avoid Taxes-...

If you're a Benzinga reader, you may need to click on The Echo Boom Bomb to view videos. Today, I am moving to Coppell Texas, which isn't too far from where I live (luckily). It is my hope that I won't have to move for at least a year. I know my mind will be adjusting to some changes, so for The...

While there is no doubt that free enterprise gives rise to recurrent episodes of speculation, the features that are common to these episodes are rarely analyzed, according to the author of A Short History of Financial Euphoria, John Kenneth Galbraith. This book from 1990 offers perspectives on...

Most of the worst financial panics in history have happened in the fall.  Just recall what happened in 1929, 1987 and 2008.  Well, September 2011 is about to begin and there are all kinds of signs that the financial world is about to hit the big red panic button.  Wave after wave...

Newcastle Investment (NYSE: NCT) hit a two year high in today's trading session. At last check the price was $7.05 on volume of 1.83 million. NCT submitted an 8-K SEC Filing stating that they repurchased approximately $257 million worth of notes. Newcastle Investment further stated that it had $...

Newcastle Investment (NYSE: NCT) hit a two year high in today's trading session. At last check the price was $7.05 on volume of 1.83 million. NCT submitted an 8-K SEC Filing stating they had completed a series of transactions, repurchased approximately $257 million worth of notes. Newcastle...

DALLAS, TX and FORT WORTH, TX and HONOLULU, HI - November 16, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) - EVCARCO (OTCBB: EVCA) (Pinksheets:EVCA) and its Board of Directors are proud to announce that EVCARCO franchise registration has became effective in the State of Hawaii. The...

November 16, 2010 (Investorideas.com Mining stocks Newswire) - Yale Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: YLL and Frankfurt: YAB) is pleased to report that the first two drill holes the Guadalupe Property located in Zacatecas State, Mexico each successfully intersected multiple targets. These two holes are the...