Topic: Edward Yardeni

General Electric Shows Some Spark

Forbes - 753 days ago
" That's how Edward Yardeni, economist and president of Yardeni Research, describes the health care bill that passed the House this weekend. The good news for investors, says Yardeni, it that this legislative disaster might make for a great time to buy ...

Experts Talk Construction Spending, ISM, 'Bond Vigilantes'

BusinessWeek - 761 days ago
Bloomberg BusinessWeek compiles comments from Wall Street economists and strategists on the key economic and market topics of Jan. 4. Ted Wieseman, Morgan Stanley (MS) November construction spending [0.6%) show[ed] modest weakness, as expected, on top of a downward revision ...

To Bet Against PelosiCare, Buy Big Pharma

Forbes - 826 days ago
" That's how Edward Yardeni, economist and president of Yardeni Research, describes the health care bill that passed the House this weekend. The good news for investors, says Yardeni, it that this legislative disaster might make for a great time to buy ...

Parsing the PPIP

Barron's - 1053 days ago
ITS OFFICIAL NAME, as unveiled last week, is the Public-Private Investment Program -- the PPIP, or as the plan is now inelegantly known in the White House, Pee-Pip. Though the Treasury didn't spell it out, the stress test and the loan-buying program ...

Functional markets alone can't revive the economy

AP News - 1098 days ago
Credit markets have been healing, but the economy keeps sliding _ what gives?Since the start of the financial meltdown, government officials have faced a chicken-and-egg question: But by most measures, rates are markedly improved from where they were after Lehman Brothers ...

Final hour of trading keeps Wall Street on edge

AP News - 1195 days ago
Investors agonize during last hour of trading after week of staggering declinesThe chaotic hour before Wall Street's closing bell has never been for the faint of heart. One final hour of panic selling seems to be the order of the day ...

Stocks plunge on surging bond yields

AP News - 1706 days ago
Stocks Plunge As Investors Grapple With a Seemingly Relentless Rise in Bond YieldsWall Street plunged Tuesday as investors, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down nearly 130 points, grappled with a seemingly relentless rise in bond yields.It was a fitful trading ...