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Gold Bubble Finds Its Pin
Published April 15, 2013
Gold entered technical bear-market territory after Friday's drop, and its 9.12% plunge intraday Monday is the biggest one-day drop for the precious metal in 33 years, since March 28, 1980, when it plunged 9.94%.
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Health Reform the Government is Ignoring
Published April 05, 2013
Why is the government ignoring a cost-free way to sign up the estimated 18 million low-income uninsured for health coverage under the health-reform law?
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The Golden State's Fracking Pot of Gold
Published April 02, 2013
A new report now says fracking could create anywhere from half a million new jobs in California by 2015, even 2.5 million jobs by 2020, plus a bundle in the way of state tax revenue.
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Ranks of Disabled Workers Grow
Published March 26, 2013
Starting in April 2010, as unemployment rose during the depths of the housing collapse, the disability rolls began to swell, too.
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Superintendent Pay at Top of the Class
Published March 20, 2013
Increasing school costs, including big pay packages for administrators, are pushing property taxes higher even despite the still tough housing market.
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Dow Sets Record: More Highs to Come, or a Pullback?
Published March 06, 2013
Are the markets off to the races, or is it time for a pullback? Two big market players weigh in.
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Proof the Fed is Juicing the Markets
Published March 04, 2013
The Federal Reserve’s monetary easing policies are going into the stock market, not the U.S. economy.
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Hey, Washington: The U.S. is Becoming More Energy Efficient
Published March 01, 2013
The U.S. is becoming so energy efficient that the amount of energy it takes to produce just a buck’s worth of economic output has dropped dramatically since Richard Nixon was in the White House.
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Wal-Mart's Anti-Obesity Push Not Fattening Its Bottom Line?
Published March 01, 2013
Is Wal-Mart's good guy approach good for its bottom line?
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Pimco's Gross: Irrational Exuberance, the Sequel
Published February 28, 2013
Pimco’s Bill Gross says investors who believe double-digit market returns will continue are irrationally exuberant and warns they better lower expectations on all asset classes.
