Corporate executives often buy or sell shares in their companies, and stocks rarely rise or fall significantly when those transactions are reported. – Alex Berenson
The Fed’s ability to raise and lower short-term interest rates is its primary control over the economy. – Alex Berenson
In general, investors prefer companies to reward executives for producing recurring income, not one-time gains. – Alex Berenson
Generally, a rally will have staying power, technicians say, if, in addition to price movements, it has heavy trading volume and breadth, meaning that several stocks rise for each stock that falls. – Alex Berenson
Trailer home borrowers, mostly near the bottom of the economic ladder, often default on their loans. – Alex Berenson
From 1983 to 2000, William Goren stole more than $30 million from investors on Long Island and in Queens. His favorite targets were widows and retired couples, like Helga and Simon Novack, Holocaust survivors who gave Mr. Goren their life savings. – Alex Berenson
The stock prices of networking equipment companies like Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks sometimes seem as if they are priced for perpetual success. – Alex Berenson
For investors who do want to speculate in high-yield bonds, one alternative may be a junk bond mutual fund, which can offer investors the relative safety of diversification. – Alex Berenson
It has been said that the Fed’s job is to take the punch bowl away just as the party gets going, raising interest rates when the economy is growing too fast and inflation threatens. – Alex Berenson