Topic: Recession

Although I strongly disagree with Jamie Dimon about the value of large banks, I am disturbed about the furor that has swelled up in Congress over the size of the loss.   Read More

The Facebook IPO has raised a lot of questions: Has its popularity peaked? Is the stock a “buy”? And is a hoodie acceptable fashion for a CEO? We went straight to the "experts" — kids at the Mackay Elementary School in Tenafly, NJ.   Read More

Investors may have overreacted to J.P. Morgan’s $2.3 billion dollar trading loss, and traders may have an opportunity for quick gains in bank stocks. But longer-term, U.S. banks may never recover to their past glory, writes guest columnist Peter Morici.   Read More

The Greek tragedy weighs on the euro, but Japan's GDP lifts the yen - it's time for your FX Fix.   Read More

Wall Street strategists are the most negative they've been on stocks since the bull market began more than three years ago. But many traders actually see it as a contrarian sign to invest in the market.   Read More

Austerity is imposing intolerable unemployment and political chaos in Greece, and won’t permit it to repay its debts. Athens must abandon the euro and reintroduce the drachma.    Read More

Although Europe’s debt woes continue to weigh on U.S. stocks, Cramer reminded viewers that the two regions are drastically different.   Read More

The S&P 500 Index could be headed for a drop of more than 20 percent because of a coming spike in volatility, according to a notable chart analyst from Citigroup.   Read More

Recently, Beijing announced it would permit the yuan to rise in value as much as one percent each day. This was greeted by China watchers as an important indication Beijing would finally permit the yuan to rise against the dollar significantly enough to reduce the U.S. trade imbalance with the Middle Kingdom.    Read More

An ongoing lie is worse –much worse, than a lie that is corrected.   Read More