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SINCE THE FINANCIAL crisis hit the country in September 2008, the White House, Congress, and Federal Reserve have responded with a combination of bailouts, federal spending, and an expansion of [...]

THE road to hell is paved with bad interventions. This year's emergency sallies into the banking system by the Fed, the Treasury, the FDIC, and the SEC have backfired. They [...]

The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century, by Paul Krugman (Norton, 320 pp., $25.95) It is fitting that the first words in this collection of Paul Krugman's [...]

The Council of Institutional Investors has weighed in on the Enron Corp. debate about integrity in financial reporting and management compensation, strongly throwing ``its support behind efforts to get companies [...]

The author discusses bailouts of banking companies by the U.S. government in 2008 and says that the government has done these bailouts poorly, causing more harm than good. In attempting to limit the damage of failing banks, the government has intervened in several cases including Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, but these interventions took place on weekends, and generally seemed sudden and unplanned. This caused further market panics.

The article reports that a market apprehensive about the 2012 U.S. elections would benefit Republican presidential aspirant Mitt Romney. The selection of Paul Ryan as Romney's running-mate is credited to driving the stock market to highs not seen since former U.S. President George W. Bush was still in power. Investors are driven by the endorsement of fiscal conservatism and limited government, says the article. A Romney victory is linked to stocks' rise.

The article reports on the response of U.S. Federal Reserve Board (Fed) to the recent financial crisis which leads to deflationary effect of global demand for money balances. It mentions that the Fed make its policy decisions to increase the money supply to avoid repetition of great depression due to deflation. It notes that the legislative body tasked Fed to ensure price stability and to take priority in achieving full employment.

Reports on the need to abolish capital-gain taxation in the United States. Effect of tax cuts on investment; Investment figures from 1997; Impact of capital-gain tax elimination on employment generation.

Deals with investing in technology stocks. Emergence of technology stocks as value stocks; Payment of a lower-than-average price for a claim on a company's assets; Comparison of a firm's stock price to its book value.

Offers tips for investors on how to deal with a bear market. Background on the Dow Theory of bear markets; Determining the length of a bear market period; Focus on value.

Offers advice to the United States President on how to help sustain economic growth. Differences in the philosophy of members to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Elimination of the capital gains tax; Allowance for Social Security equity investing; Consideration for issues concerning human capital.

Deals with Web-based stock message boards. True leading edge of the investment democratization trend; Creation of a level playing field; Informational paradise for the individual investor; Self-interested motives of professionals.

Reports on the sales performance of online retailers in the United States during the holiday season. Growth in online retailers' sales volume from 1998 to 1999; Holiday sales estimates for 2000; Trading of online retailing stocks.

Examines the context of risk in investments in the United States. Worst scenarios for a corporate bond; Elements for the measurement of risk; Comparison of risk in bonds and stocks; Advantages of small-cap stocks in risk.

Proposes the severance of the connection between monetary policy and interest rates in the United States. Stabilization of prices; Non-necessity of stocking gold in federal banks' vault; Efficient allocation of resources; Basing of prices of all commodities on free negotiations between buyers and sellers; Impact of interest rates on economic growth.

Discusses factors contributing to the volatility of stock exchanges in the United States in 2000. How the U.S. Federal Reserve impacts stock prices; Failure of antitrust laws to take to account various economic principles in the Internet economy; Possibility that individual investors are a source of market stability.