Rick Ackerman
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My most recent jeremiad in this space drew such a savage response from some quarters that I am obliged to consider the bullish case, which may be firming, at least for the near-term.
"With all due respect," wrote one Examiner reader...
Cisco Systems is one of the world's most successful companies. You may not own it, and I don't suggest you buy it. But you should know what is happening to this company if you really want to understand what the market has in store. Cisco's...
It is only on days like Friday that I can stomach a few minutes’ worth of the drivel that passes for market wisdom on CNBC. Still, during the short span that I tuned to the show, I did pick up one interesting statistic concerning margin...
HERE'S THE standard put-down of gurus who have been saying for years that the bull market is about to end: Even a broken clock is right two times a day.
Just so: If the hands of a clock are frozen, it will still show the correct time...
Last week's running of the bulls on Wall Street brought a slew of letters, a few from Examiner readers eager to rub my nose in it. I respond to their questions and gibes below, as well as to queries from those who have found my oft-dour...
It's said we are separated from the rich, the powerful and the famous by a chain of no more than six friends of friends.
This means that if you are looking for a job in the White House, or a way to meet Winona Ryder, it should take no...
This market may be frustrating and plenty difficult to trade, but it's easy enough to hate. The rallies look like hell, breadth has been shrieking "disaster!!!!" for months, and key bellwethers like Microsoft and Dell look like they've...
At no other time in history has the supposedly almighty dollar been easier to come by.
Wall Street deals are bigger than ever, loans everywhere are cheap and mortgages plentiful. Leveraged dollar instruments traded around the world...
GENERAL COMMENTS: A decade ago most Russians would have regarded all KGB agents as thugs. Now it looks as though one of them, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, hand-picked by Boris Yeltsin as his successor, is about to ascend to the...
Murphy's Law will be at full strength when the clock strikes midnight on Friday. For the guidance of investors and market-watchers, here are my predictions of the top U.S. news stories in 2000 as Millennial insanity threatens to lurch into...
