Operation Twizzlers: The Arkansas Fed Unveils New Direct Stimulus

Something extraordinary is happening across the nation – the largest employer of Americans outside of the Federal Government has announced a minimum wage hike for half a million of its cast members. Here’s Fortune: Wal-Mart is celebrating a surprisingly strong U.S. holiday season by spreading the wealth a bit. The world’s largest retailer and the nation’s largest private…

The Biggest Threat To Your Portfolio

Last night at the Nasdaq Marketsite, Mark Hulbert and I served on a panel discussion entitled Defend Yourself: Top threats to investors in 2015. The event was organized by MarketWatch and we spoke to a standing-room only crowd of over a hundred individual investors, Dow Jones journalists and other financial industry folks. Moderator and MarketWatch…