A real, durable bull market would require an economic boom – a genuine recovery.

If you need a place to live and want to own a house, why not? Prices in some areas are fairly reasonable.

way to make money in stocks is to buy them when they are very cheap. But you may have to wait for 15-20 years.

But what Bernanke gives in stimulus, the vigilantes are likely to take away.

China is providing stimulus to its economy on a mammoth scale.

Despite what you are most likely reading in the press, the folks getting bailout money are pretty sharp. They’re very good at gaming the system.

Everyone knows that stimulus leads to inflation. And everyone knows that this is the most daring use of stimulus ever attempted. Ergo, it seems likely that we will soon see the most inflation we've ever seen.

The reason for the decade of pain is the obvious one. Tax receipts are down, and governments are caught in a bind.

What’s good for Goldman is generally bad for the country.

Now the world has too many factories, and too many consumers with no money to consume with.