The Leak on WikiLeaks – Regulators Knew About Risks That Led to Financial...
While I cannot predict what WikiLeaks will leak about some major banks, I have a hunch that one of the revelations might be from a special New Constructs report provided to the Senate Banking...
View ArticleForensic Accounting Says Avoid Energy & Financial Stocks
As one financial scandal follows another, it seems the good guys are having a tougher time catching the bad guys. Recent revelations about MF Global’s ponzi scheme are another reminder of how our...
View ArticleBest & Worst ETFs and Mutual Funds: Large-cap Value Style
The large-cap value style ranks second out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my Style Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of...
View ArticleDeferred Tax Assets and Liabilities – Invested Capital Adjustment
DTAs artificially raise reported assets and do not help generate operating profit while DTLs are like a source of interest-free financing. We remove the impact of DTAs and DTLs from our calculation of...
View ArticleIgnore Clinton And Trump: The Fed Is A Sideshow
Endlessly debating the actions of the Fed, either by political candidates or financial talking heads, has become a sideshow that distracts from the real workings of the economy and the stock market....
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