With one more month of summer to go, why not spend it catching up on some of the best financial books of the season?  This is Book Week on TRB, a new one each day that you may have missed and should definitely buy/download. *** Welcome to a world where shifting allegiances between government employees…

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This post originally appeared on July 12th, it turns out to have been pretty prophetic given the rally and how quickly sentiment appears to have shifted.  – JB *** Everybody wants an “absolute returns” strategy until the market rallies. Everybody wants to “focus on risk management” until the market rallies. Everybody believes in asset class…

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It has come to my attention that the award-winning children’s book I wrote and illustrated, Backstage Wall Street has now dropped down to only $9.99 for the Kindle version.

Sooner or later, this economic slump is going to end and America’s gonna need to get its swagger back. I can tell you right now that when the time comes, I’m electing myself in charge of kicking out all the things that got us through the forever-recession but now must go.  I’m making a big…

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No one in their right mind would refer to the current trend in housing as a rip-snorting bull market – but to dismiss the amelioration out of misplaced loyalty to a long-held pessimistic outlook would be a mistake. As a refresher – the Fed is making it so the banks can keep millions of foreclosed…