Seven short years ago today I started The Kirk Report! While I’m not someone who spends time and energy looking in the rear-view mirror, I must say...

In the best of all possible Panglossian worlds, we'd be buying low and selling high, and in the words of Warren Buffett, "be a risk averse investor". ...

NVIDIA  ( NASDAQ: NVDA ) lost $0.25 per diluted share on a GAAP basis in fiscal 2011's second quarter , which ended on 1 August 2010. ...

Doug Kass thinks shorting bond may be the trade of the year.  (TheStreet) Josh Brown, “Stocks need strength in other stocks at this junction.” ...

Cramer takes some lessons from his book and provides investors with some strategies to stay a step ahead in the markets.

Econ Base submits: The Fed has the powers to alter short term rates. Long term rates such as those of the 10 year treasuries, are set by the market....

Cliff Wachtel submits: As we noted last week, expectations had gotten so low that markets were ready to bounce on little justification. That’s...

We continue the “Scary Revisions” series of Primary articles inflation (mainly food). Data for 21 Aug 2010 showed the primary articles inflation at 15.19%....

Hao Jin submits: In an environment where the 10-year Treasury yield is less than 3 percent, dividend stocks with long track records of consistent, growing...

U.S. stocks have caught a wave of better-than-expected economic data. The ISM Manufacturing Survey showed robust expansion in production. Results for retailers...

The Utopia fund family in a dramatic move registered with the SEC to liquidate all of it's mutual funds as of December 22nd, 2008. With a -47% YTD...

The most heartbreaking part of this bear market is the untold number of investor's retirement accounts being decimated. I have spoken with dozens of investors...

The market volatility is at unprecedented levels. For our personal and client portfolios, we're recommending a market exposure of about 30%. This way,...

USDA loans have had a rollercoaster year in 2010 with a resurgence in interest for the program, followed by an abrupt lack of funding that halted the...

Many new investors may be surprised to hear that an incredibly strong correlation exists between real estate markets and the foreign-exchange (FX) market....

The IRS has introduced Roth conversions to the people but does not target any specific income group and also given an option for three years in 2010 to...

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Last Friday our short October USD 25.00 puts on ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES (ENER / USD   25.59 / YTD – 8,4 %) expired worthless.  ...

It's all about my child... Julian Clary is admiring his new silver deck shoes, a pair of pumps so shiny he can almost see his still-sharp, all my child,...

In the last three days Crude oil has advanced nearly 6% lifting prices back above the 100 day MA. We missed this most recent move with clients and being...

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Uranium stocks were sorely beaten up before the broad market crash. It looks like the selling was overdone as we saw some major bounces in uranium companies...

I want the equivalent of Google Analytics for my inbox.  I know there are tons startups working on the email inbox and analytics solution – but none...

Small business has powerful advantages over big business when it comes to marketing. But small business often misses using these advantages because they...

These 12 lessons from John Reese resonated with me. I think you will find them to be valuable. ------------------- In light of my upcoming 40th birthday,...

The Permanent Portfolio style lazy portfolios continue to do well. Listed below is a table of YTD results for 25 portfolios or funds that I am tracking....

I just went through the most stressful and time consuming rental turnover I have had since I began renting out Rental #1 5 years ago. Rental...

I’ve talked about the efficiency of our government before, but I’m starting to see it play out in real time. Right before my very eyes. The...

Last week I got a letter in the mail from the IRS. Of course, when I saw the envelope I thought two things: “Crap, I’m getting audited” and “crap, I...

No price is too high … Reuters (9/3 ’10): “Analysis: Obama running out of options to aid housing market” “It is very very...

If I had my child to raise all over again, I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later. I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger...

A few links from my weekly Weekend Reading column -]: BP installs fully functioning BOP on Macondo Japan Has More Than Just a Yen Crisis...

TechStars is coming to New York City.  The first program runs from 1/10/11 to 4/8/11.  Applications are open now.  The NY mentor list is stunning and includes...

I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Some have made the model work. My favorite of the bunch is Betaworks, based here in NYC. Betaworks is more...