Author: Jeff Cox

“In the last six months, there's probably been no better time to let Greece strategically default than right now,” says a Citigroup credit analyst.   Read More

Raging malcontents with picket signs torching buildings, attacking police and obliterating the social order—that's what billionaire, leftist and one-percenter George Soros is forecasting for America and the Occupy movement.    Read More

The Dogs of the Dow – those high-yielding stocks that are supposed to represent the bottom of the blue-chip barrel – have some unlikely company.    Read More

So you want to start a hedge fund?    Read More

While the market has had plenty of experience with low-volume gains since the financial panic hit in 2008, the lack of participation by mom-and-pop investors still spurs concerns over the rally’s durability.    Read More

The US is at the top of the list of downgrade candidates because its debt and deficit troubles are unlikely to be resolved with the political infighting in Washington, a new study says.   Read More

A month ago, just one in seven investors considered one or more nations leaving the Eurozone a likelihood. That number has since doubled.    Read More

The story goes that the market is “decoupling,” – that is, shaking off euro-land panic and instead focusing on the nascent U.S. economic recovery. In this scenario, stocks and the dollar can glide higher together while American investors remain blissfully unaware of the debt storm abroad.   Read More

Wall Street is just as optimistic as ever that it can somehow fight its way out of its year-long (indeed, decade-long) doldrums and pull off a big gain in the next 12 months.    Read More

Consumers may be cutting debt and banks may be tightening up their balance sheets, but borrowing by U.S. corporations is in full swing.    Read More