Business Pundit

The financial crisis is undeniable in the United States, and other countries around the world have faced their own as well. But who are the people who have contributed to these fiscal problems? The team from the Credit Score Site helps us find… Read more

Image: TJ Blackwell/Wikimedia The earth is a hot commodity. If you’re an investor worth your salt, you want to be tracking earth-based commodities. And if you’re not an expert–or you haven’t scheduled yourself a year of unemployment to become… Read more

Image: Paul Sapiano/Flickr Berkshire Hathaway’s annual “Woodstock of Capitalism,” its shareholder meeting, happens on April 30 this year. Warren Buffett’s baby is by far America’s most beloved conglomerate. What’s behind the fame? Buffett and… Read more

Chinese online book retailer Dangdang has investors saying “dang!” after its shares jumped 58% post-IPO. Dangdang isn’t alone in its success–four of this year’s top ten US IPOs have come from China, according to BusinessWeek. No wonder there’s… Read more

This is a guest post by Day Trade Listings. It seems that you can’t pick up your newspaper or turn on your television without seeing an over extended European country being bailed out, or some new stimulus being implemented. This week… Read more

Goldman Sachs’ Q2 earnings are down 83%, in what the New York Times calls the “worst quarter for the giant investment bank since the depths of the financial crisis in late 2008.” More from the NYT: The earnings include $1.15 billion in… Read more

After yesterday’s $320 million IPO, Primerica, Inc.–formerly part of Citi–released about 21 million shares of common stock onto the NYSE. The shares were priced at $15 at opening today, and have since gone up. Outside of speculating on… Read more

What does the bond market think of Barack Obama? He’s risky, according to a Bloomberg report: While Treasuries backed by the full faith and credit of the government typically yield less than corporate debt, the relationship has flipped as… Read more

The Research Puzzle has a good post about how picking a winning dog (a la last week’s Westminster Dog Show) is similar to picking stocks: Watching the televised coverage of the archetypes of the canine world parade around Madison Square… Read more

This is a guest post by Wall St. Cheat Sheet’s Damien Hoffman. Earlier this month, Google announced a new broadband initiative. A few days earlier, they announced a rumored Twitter killer. Months ago, it was Google Wave. Is all this… Read more

Image: Lucid Investing The Oracle of Omaha, though he had some say behind Kraft sweetening its Cadbury deal, still doesn’t like it. The New York Times reports: “I’ve got a lot of doubts about the deal,” (Mr. Buffett) told CNBC’s… Read more

AOL Inc. started trading as an independent company (ticker symbol: AOL) this morning. The Wall Street Journal reports on the stock’s progress this morning: AOL Inc.’s (AOL) stock was off to a wobbly start in its much-anticipated return as a… Read more

Microsoft’s stock (MSFT) shot up early this morning as it drastically outperformed earnings estimates in the 3rd quarter. This is largely due to the continued success of XBox 360 and Microsoft Office and despite the overall failure of Windows… Read more

kaChing, an investing website started under the name FSX in 2008, has automated the process of imitating successful investors (something Warren Buffett calls “riding coattails”). Simply select the portfolio of one of kaChing’s certified… Read more