Oil rose to the highest level in almost four weeks in New York, advancing with gasoline and heating oil as East Coast refineries worked to restart after Hurricane Irene and on signs the housing market is stabilizing. Crude futures increased as gasoli

Many home owners are being forced to foreclose their homes because the banks are declining to offer adjustable rate mortgages en masse. With homeowners unable to meet their monthly payments, the blame seems to be heading towards the Treasury Departme

RBS recently published a dramatic and very bearish research note that described equity investors as “the world’s worst cult”. While I thought the note was a bit over the top it did raise some interesting and thought provoking topics. More speci