Business Pundit

A recent State Farm study that 74% of American women are anxious about their financial futures but only 15 percent have made major changes to their financial plans. Is There Something Wrong With Us? Aside from the dismaying number of women who… Read more

When most of us think of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, we think of those checks we got in the mail. But for businesses there’s more to this important tax legislation. If you’ve got extra cash flow and/or the need to decrease your taxable… Read more

From the BBC: The United States government plans to sell bonds worth $55bn (£34bn) next week in an effort to finance its bank rescue programme. In a first $25bn auction on Monday, the Treasury Department will launch a new type of bond, which… Read more

The WSJ takes a closer look at what makes the Oracle of Omaha in modern times: Mr. Buffett’s skill at picking publicly traded stocks pales alongside the value he has added to the company through other means. As recently as 1995, 73.5% of… Read more

“A friend of mine from the States sent me an email the other day,” says Chad Rigetti, VP of Business Development for Intrade, from its Dublin headquarters. “It said: ‘Someone should do a study on how all the American liberals are obsessively… Read more

Nobody is immune from the bad market. The Wall Street Journal reports the severity with with T. Boone Pickens, energy investor par excellence, was hit: In the latest sign of how the financial crisis and steep drop in commodity prices since… Read more

I’ve been pondering the wisdom of buying into the market now, while the going’s cheap. This BusinessWeek article confirmed my ambiguity: Across many asset classes, prices appear cheap, and in some cases dysfunctional markets have created… Read more

Note to BusinessPedia readers: A couple of weeks ago, I said I was going to do a BusinessPedia entry on the bailout plan. Well, that’s when I thought I knew what it was. Turns out that a bailout plan on paper is far different from a bailout plan in… Read more

The Washington Post reports that authorities at the Justice Department will not seek indictments of banks and insurers for inflating the value of mortgage-related investments. They plan to seek criminal charges focused on false statements and… Read more

Someone needs to make a movie about Carl Icahn. The all-star corporate raider is at it again. Icahn, who chairs the notorious pharmaceutical company ImClone’s board, has accepted a $70/share buyout of the company. From Reuters: Eli Lilly and… Read more

If Congress passes a massive financial package to shore up the American economy, it could be due to good old fashioned story telling. Or as it’s known in Washington, spin. Consider the connotations: Wall Street Bailout – The American public is… Read more

Earlier this month the Treasury Department, headed by Henry Paulson, in conjunction with The Advertising Council, came out with a new public service advertising (PSA) campaign that encourages young adults aged 18 to 24 to make responsible choices… Read more

From the Financial Times: Fears that the US Treasury’s bail-out plan could fail provided support for the gold market, which saw holdings by the main gold exchange traded funds rise to record levels as investors sought a safe haven from the… Read more

I’ve noticed people typically fall into five groups when it comes to nurturing their nest eggs. A lot of us are looking at the way we have feathered our nests in the past and wondering if a correction is in order. Can you relate to any of these… Read more