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October 6, 2008
Despite the “populist uprising” to block the economic bailout, President Bush signed a $700 billion rescue plan Oct. 3. The bailout spurred much debate, including a second dispute between financial analysts Peter Schiff and…
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September 29, 2008
Financial experts Peter Schiff and Stephen Leeb faced off on “Your $$$$$,” presenting opposing viewpoints about the looming bailout. Schiff attacked the bailout and “irresponsible monetary policy” while Leeb defended it…
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January 6, 2009
A potential gas tax increase sparked controversy on “Cavuto on Business” Jan. 3 with a few analysts calling an increase “insane,” while the fill-in host Dagen McDowell and two guests defended such a proposal. Associated Press reported on Jan. 2…
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June 16, 2008
CNN’s money team is very concerned about high gas and oil prices, but the “biggest fear” of an economist on “Your $$$$$” wasn’t just that the prices would continue to climb.
Senior business…
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July 10, 2008
“The scariest money mistake women make (it’s not shoes!),” or so warned the cover of Glamour’s July issue. The cover story “Welcome to my Mortgage Hell” left homeownership looking anything but glamorous and banks…
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May 12, 2008
As if record-high gas prices weren’t enough, CNN’s “Your $$$$$” speculated about “what if” oil were to spike to $200 a barrel.
“Well, if you think it is bad now, it could get worse and it…
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May 11, 2009
John “Bradshaw” Layfield of Layfield Energy thinks General Motors Corp. whatever it takes to wine and dine its biggest customers and become successful – even if that means offering lap dances.“I run a business and if you can tell me I can…
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April 6, 2009
The 2008 vice presidential candidate of the Socialist Party USA, Stewart Alexander, had a tough sell over the weekend. Alexander appeared on FOX News Channel’s “Bulls and Bears” Apr. 2 to make the case for socialism. His claim that “capitalism…
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March 17, 2009
According to some “Forbes on Fox” guests, the Obama Administration is more harmful to the economy than Bernie Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme.On March 12, Madoff pled guilty to 11 felony counts including money laundering, perjury, and mail, wire, and…
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February 24, 2009
“How do you prove, the jobs you’re saving?” Host Neil Cavuto asked this tricky question during the Feb. 21 “Cavuto on Business.” “That would be like me saying if I go from eating 3 cannolis a day to 2 cannolis a day, I will save myself from gaining…