June 10, 2009 - publisher
Now that an economic recovery appears likely, the markets have a new bogey-man they’re concerned about— Higher Interest Rates. In the government’s attempt to finance the economic recovery by selling billions of dollars of debt, interest rates have been steadily...
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May 27, 2009 - publisher
So what exactly is Hyperinflation? Well… in the simplest of terms, it is extremely high or “out of control” inflation in which prices rise rapidly while a currency loses its value. Other definitions used by the media include “a cumulative...
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April 28, 2009 - publisher
We think the answer is YES! There are many reasons to get bullish on oil and, even more so, oil stocks. One is the fact that many indicators are beginning to suggest an economic recovery could be in the cards...
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April 15, 2009 - publisher
Could be! Let’s take a look. In the midst of the worst housing decline since the 1930s, new home sales are down more than 75 percent from their 2005 high. In fact, just last year homeowners lost $3.3 trillion in...
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March 22, 2009 - publisher
What is the uptick-rule? Simply put; it is a rule used to regulate short selling in the financial markets. Specifically, the rule limits the timing of short sales. It mandates, subject to certain exceptions, that, when sold, a listed security...
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March 11, 2009 - publisher
Back in 2001, President Bush moved to restrict federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, making it the subject of his first prime-time televised speech from the White House. Now, Obama has flipped the tables with one swipe of...
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January 27, 2009 - publisher
Dear Mr. Pandit, Citigroup CEO
Last year kind of sucked for everyone with the financial industry meltdown, the housing industry slump, the steep nosedive the stock market took, the near bankruptcy of the auto industry, the worst unemployment seen in decades,...
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January 19, 2009 - publisher
With hundreds of thousands cheering, chanting and dancing at his back, President-elect Barack Obama took in a star-studded opening ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and urged Americans to hold fast to common hopes in tough times.
The mood...
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January 4, 2009 - publisher
We hope that all of you had a wonderful and blessed holiday
season! We slowed things down a little the last few weeks of the year here
at OTCPicks.com, but now the batteries are recharged and we are back in the
saddle again...
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December 8, 2008 - publisher
Wallstreet charged ahead bullishly on Mnday as the Dow and S&P 500 surged ahead more than 3% as investors bet that the automakers will get a first installment of a bridge loan from congress, and on Barack Obama’s weekend comments...
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