Posted in Economics, Securities, Accounting, Kenneth D. Gartrell, Business, Finance, Corporate Control, Stock Market, Market Efficiency, Investor Behavior, Investor Opportunities, Political on Jul 24th, 2008
By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
Radical left political claims about the current level of oil prices place the blame on two things. First, it blames global consumers for profligate wasteful life-styles and second, it blames irrational speculators. Regardless of these claims, the single largest element of today’s price is the political cost of the global […]
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Posted in Economics, Securities, Taxes, Kenneth D. Gartrell, Business, Finance, Troubled Organizations, Stock Market, Market Efficiency, Investor Behavior, Investor Opportunities, Political on Jul 19th, 2008
By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
Drill here; drill now. We can drill our way to prosperity. Necessity is the mother of invention — of this there is no doubt. Where is Ronald Reagan when we need him? The vision is the thing! Try this one!
While the US economy is racked with deflation in housing, […]
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By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
Today’s Washington Post carries a shocking article about the growth in the powers of the Federal Reserve System. This trend is real, but not new. The Fed began injecting itself in overall economic activity with a unilateral assault on the NASDAQ under Greenspan in 1999. Those efforts to squeeze liquidity from the […]
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By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
One myth being promoted by US politicians, especially on the left, is that no amount of future drilling can influence the prices of oil today. This thinking illustrates either ignorance or a demagoguery that should not be tolerated by a well informed electorate.
Self interested politicians and militant environmentalists are often heard […]
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Posted in Economics, Securities, Accounting, Kenneth D. Gartrell, Business, Finance, Corporate Control, Troubled Organizations, Stock Market, Market Efficiency, Investor Behavior, Investor Opportunities, Political on Jul 3rd, 2008
By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
A recent New York Times article raised issues about the application of market valuation rules to the investments in mortgage debt securities by major financial companies such as Citigroup, Bank of America and Wachovia. The article highlights efforts by managers of the companies to partially offload some of their current market […]
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