Leaders of the Group of 20 nations released a communiqué today outlining a number of measures intended to help the global economy recover from the current worldwide recession. While the details of the massive $1 trillion commitment quadrupling the capacity ...

Protectionist sentiment is on the rise in the United States. Although my main focus on this site involves the financial markets and individual securities, at times like this it is difficult to ignore the massive structural changes that are taking ...

Although my main focus on this site involves the financial markets and individual securities, at times like this it is difficult to ignore the massive structural changes that are taking place in the economy due to political action in Washington ...

There has been much debate in recent days regarding whether the market for Credit Default Swaps (CDS) should be more tightly regulated. Let's take a look at the nature of credit default swaps and whether arguments for tighter regulation have ...

Anyone reading this who is a taxpayer in the United States is, in effect, a shareholder of AIG due to the Federal Government's infusion of $173.3 billion in bailouts over the past six months. These bailout funds have resulted in ...

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted to require insurance companies to disclose the impact of climate change on their businesses. This action taken on March 17 will compel insurance companies to fully disclose the impact of forecasted climate change ...

One of the interesting effects of the turmoil in financial markets since September involves the level of implied inflation expectations embedded within the market prices for Treasury Notes and Bonds. This is a very interesting development given the Federal Reserve's ...

The main purpose of this blog is to write about financial topics and value investment strategies. When I first thought about setting up a blog, naturally I explored a number of free options including wordpress.com and blogger.com (what kind of ...