Previous episodes: Chapter 1: prelude in heaven Chapter 2: backstory Chapter 3: onward Chapter 4: the idea of the holy Chapter 5: the poetics of reverie Chapter...

Citigroup released its second quarter earnings this morning saying it lost $2.5 billion over the past three months. It also laid off 6,000 workers. REPORTER: Citigroup...

I am on my way up to Davos for my favorite four days of the year at the World Economic Forum. We will be unveiling the ninth edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer...

Props to Dean Baker.  Short-selling can play a very important role in the market. If informed investors recognize that a stock is over-valued they perform a valuable...

FEAR AND GREED Barron's continues to make contrary calls on it's cover this weekend, following last Saturday's cover story suggesting a bottom in Housing market...

This is a modern version of sparking a bank run. The question for Citigroup is how to stop it. The bank no longer has the credibility to argue with the Street. There is...

2007 definitely started with a lot of agitation in some of the big brands courtyard. I’d start with the Apple Computers who dropped computer from its name. The...

Sponsored ReviewIt's only been a few weeks since I originally heard the name of Steven Vornea.  I'm helping to complete a review series focusing on Mr....

An update to my post on CIT Group below: Thanks to the Bespoke Investment Group blog, I learn that Edward Lampert -- who some have hoped would be his generation's Warren...