December 2008

1. Carry The Dollar Trade to the Trash 2. Let the Bear Market Come to You 3. All We Want: Honor Thy Contract 1. If you’re a big bank who can now borrow money in the US at zero percent, and you’ve got branches in other countries where the government pays 5% interest, then you have an almost guaranteed money making set up. They tell us that we need more money in this country…then why ... read more

The economy is in bad shape and as I’ve outlined repeatedly, the socialist Republican/Democrats that you guys keep voting into power are not going to be able to fix any of it. Remember always that the only thing that makes stocks go up in the long run is profits. And profits don’t come from the government. They come from you and me. And until the government gets at least ... read more

1. Will Treasury Ever Admit Defeat? 2. Vote ‘Em Out To Make It Better 3. Start Your New Fund in 2009 1.Real headline of the day: “Treasury Benefits From `Massive Paranoia' as Bailout Borrowing Cost Falls” But I thought the guy in charge from Treasury in charge of making sure that the TARP Wall Street bailout fixed everything told us that the one thing we know for sure is: we did ... read more

Here's a winning formula for our society, wouldn't you agree? Let's entrust our politicians to regulate an industry, then have the heads of that industry become the bureaucrats who are entrusted to carry out those regulations, and when things go wrong from all that cronyism, let's have give tons of welfare money to the giant corporations in that industry which can then use that money to donate to ... read more

1. Prosecute the SEC for Incompetence 2. Vikram and Thain Are Worse Than Madoff 3. Adopt a Dog’s Morals 1. Wall Street legend Mark Madoff and his coworkers apparently defrauded investors out of tens of billions of dollars, including all of the advisory business’ money. What was the SEC doing that they didn’t realize not just some of the money but all the money was gone..and not even ... read more

I ended my Revolutionomics class last night by giving the following final. I'll post my answers to each question tomorrow, but give it your best shot. You can email me your answers at cody@foxbusiness.com or post them in the comments below - 1. Name three standards not mentioned ever in this class. 2. What is the ... read more

I don’t want anything to do with “The Big 3” in name or principle anymore…so I’m asking viewers to help me come up with a new name for this segment. Email me your ideas at cody@foxbusiness.com. 1. Leave My Biz Alone! 2. Name One Change… 3. Wall Street Scum Bag Bonuses 1. Everybody wants us to keep people in their homes, even if they can’t afford them. In other words, ... read more

Freedom, lord what a funny word, We search for it just like some kind of fool, Woman leaving home, man sits there all alone, Little child is paying all the dues -- The Allman Brothers I know most pundits and politicians and the company executives they cater too are all convinced that going into the markets and borrowing hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars that are then going ... read more

1. Keynes Went Broke Cuz He Was Stupid 2. The World Bank Is Also Stupid 3. Selling Stocks Right Now Ain’t Stupid 1. Keynes went broke because he was an idiot and didn’t understand the very broader economic cycles he purportedly conceptualized. Gimme a break. Keynesian economics uses force to redistribute the value of savings (profits) to those most connected politically. That’s ... read more

Here's an email I just got from a long-time friend, colleague and reader of mine: Hey, Cody, Did you see this? Two central bank officials, speaking at the annual economic forum in Beijing said exports shrank in November.  This is compared to Bloomberg estimate of +14.8% and the October reading of +19.2%.  A decline in exports would be the first since June 2001. Not sure if it ... read more