Wall Street Journal Trashes Analysts For Blowing It On Facebook (FB)
The Wall Street Journal has a big scare-story about analysts at big banks and their Facebook stock ratings.Despite the fact that Facebook's stock tanked once it hit the public markets, Wall Street...
View ArticleThe Most Important Finance Books Ever Written
Reading a good investment book should top your list of New Year's resolutions.But these books are a dime a dozen. Book stores have sections devoted to investing in the stock market, personal finance,...
View ArticlePOP QUIZ: Did Apple's Stock Do Better In 2012 Or 2011? (AAPL)
Yesterday we noted that Apple ended the year up 31%. It felt like the most disappointing 31% jump ever.The funny thing about it is that I was looking for an SAI Chart Of The Day yesterday afternoon and...
View Article3 Things That Could Happen With The Fiscal Cliff Today — And What They Would...
Today the Fiscal Cliff debate moves to the House of Representatives.The Senate overwhelmingly passed the deal late last night (around 2 AM).While passage is expected in The House, there is A LOT of...
View Article6 Things You Won't Believe That Are In The Fiscal Cliff Bill That The Senate...
Last night just before 2 AM, the Senate overwhelmingly agreed to pass a bill that will avert the Fiscal Cliff once the House approves it.The bill is pretty straightforward. Income tax rates will only...
View ArticleLadies And Gentlemen: Here's The Date Of Your Next Fiscal Cliff
Assuming the House agrees to what the Senate voted on last night, then the Bush-era tax cuts will be made permanent for almost all Americans. Only those with incomes of $400K and up will see an income...
View ArticleGreat News, Rich Americans! Congress Just Raised Taxes On Workers While...
Most of the attention around the Fiscal Cliff has been focused on income taxes.The way the deal went down, a tiny portion of American taxpayers — households that earn more than $450,000 per year — will...
View ArticleWhy Many Conservatives Hate The Fiscal Cliff Deal, And Hope It Dies Today In...
It's assumed that the House will pass the Fiscal Cliff bill that the Senate passed last night, but until the last votes are taken, nothing is guaranteed.While liberals were seen as the huge source of...
View ArticleVenture Capitalist Fred Wilson Just Did The Hardest And Smartest Thing Any...
Venture capitalist Fred Wilson, of Union Square Ventures, has helped his firm post some of the best returns in the entire VC industry over the past five years.The firm's performance has been nothing...
View ArticleHere's How Much Of A Tax Cut You'll Get If The Fiscal Cliff Deal Goes Through
Here's the only thing that most Americans care about: How much are your taxes going up or down.The Tax Policy Center has put out this table, showing how much your taxes will go down, relative to the...
View ArticleCBO: Fiscal Cliff Deal Ads Nearly $4 Trillion To The Deficit Over The Next 10...
Just out from the CBO: A "score" of the Fiscal Cliff deal that the Senate voted on last night.You can find the score on the 2nd page of this embedded document. The bill adds nearly $4 trillion to the...
View ArticleGreat News For Romney Voters -- Congress Just Socked It To The 47%
The Senate has approved a tax deal to blunt some of the impact of the Fiscal Cliff.There's some great news for the investor and owner class in there:Dividend taxes won't go up anywhere near as much as...
View ArticleThe Republicans Are Now Blocking A Gigantic Tax Cut
Taxes increased for almost all Americans at midnight last night.Since then, half of the American government, the Senate, approved a bill that would cut taxes for many of those Americans.The bill has...
View ArticleGlobal Markets Are Surging As Fiscal Cliff Bill Gets Closer To Passage
UPDATE: As the Fiscal Cliff bill gets closer to likely passage, the Aussie market (one of the few markets that's trading right now) is at its highs of the day.Hong Kong is up over 1.2%.EARLIER: There...
View ArticleThe Global Canary In The Coalmine Just Started Singing Again...
Good news for the global economy.South Korea -- whose heavy reliance on global trade -- is seen by some economists as the "canary in the coalmine" just came in with a strong PMI report.From the...
View ArticleAnother PMI Report Makes Crystal Clear The Recovery That's Taking Place In Asia
Earlier today we had a strong South Korean PMI report.The latest?Taiwan. It just saw a rise in December PMI from 47.4 to 50.6.From the report:Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the...
View ArticleOBAMA: FISCAL CLIFF DEAL IS 'JUST ONE STEP,' VOWS NOT TO DEBATE DEBT CEILING
Appearing shortly after the House voted to pass a fiscal cliff deal Tuesday night, President Barack Obama called the bill a "first step" toward deficit reduction, but warned that he will not go through...
View ArticleHOUSE APPROVES FISCAL CLIFF DEAL 257-167
The House of Representatives finally approved a deal on the fiscal cliff Tuesday night, paving the way for President Barack Obama to sign a bill that will stave off tax hikes for most Americans. After...
View ArticleWELCOME BACK: Markets Are Surging
Welcome back.If you're just tuning in for the first time since, say, before Christmas, the Fiscal Cliff is solved!The House late last night passed a bill that will make permanent the Bush tax cuts for...
View ArticleUh-Oh: Germany Might Be Cracking Again
Just when it looked like Europe might be on the rise again, and that the German economic miracle would do its thing, we get a surprise weakening in German PMI, which fell from 46.8 to 46.0.The full...
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