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Home Depot Cofounder says, "Union Bill Puts Secret Ballot in Jeopardy"

17 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot (NYSE:HD), came on Mike Norman's show to discuss a bill that would allow unions to gain a little more power in the world. Hear the debate between these two men as they try and pin down exactly how much power we should be giving unions and what principles we may or may not lose if this bill is passed.

Fannie-Freddie Bailed Out -- Now What?

11 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Dan Cofall breaks down the aftermath of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailout by the Federal Government. But even though they've been bailed out, is the situation any different today than it was yesterday? Listen to Dan Cofall explain to you why this bailout might not have the impact the masses are expecting and some unfortunate quotes our economic leaders have given in recent times.

Speculative Bubble Bursts; Could Oil Drop Under $100 Per Barrel?

4 Sep 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Stephen Schork, The Schork Report, was on the Wall Street Shuffle September 2 talking about the energy market. Last year at this time, people thought that $70 oil was unsustainable. Now, one year later with a WEAKER economy, people are talking about $110 being cheap. Stephen believes that what we saw was a bubble and what we're seeing is that bubble burst. A stronger dollar will lead to oil price weakness as well as a happier OPEC. OPEC wants oil in the $60-70 range with a strong dollar to avoid hastening any changes to alternative energy.

Jack Warkenthien Highlights Stocks and Compares the Presidential Election to 1960's Race

28 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Jack Warkenthien runs through the stocks for the day to watch. They include: Anadarko Petroleum Corp (NYSE:APC), Coach Inc. (NYSE:COH), Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA), and Delta (NYSE:DAL). He also runs through how high fuel prices are keeping us safer and how the current election relates to the 1960 presidential election.

What to buy and what to avoid right now!

13 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT

BizRadio's Jack Warkenthien interviewed James Altucher, the President of Stockpicker.com about what to buy and what to avoid right now. Among the stocks talked about are Value Click (NASDAQ:VCLK), QLogic (NASDAQ:QLGC), Kellogs (NYSE:K), Lowe's (NYSE:L), Campbell's (NYSE:CPB), Zynex (OTC:ZYXI), Valence (NASDAQ:VLNC), American Airlines (NYSE:AMR), Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV), Global Industries (NASDAQ:GLBL), Anadarko (NYSE:APC), Rackspace (NYSE:RAX), Capital Trust (NYSE:CT), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), Service Corp (NYSE:SCI), and The Washington Post (NYSE:WPO). Listen in as Mr. Warkenthien and Mr. Altucher go through the sectors and point out why Internet stocks and storage aren't going anywhere anytime soon, as well as his top pick under $10 and over $100.

Comparing Presidential Tax Cuts and Deficits During the Modern Era

4 Aug 2008 22:00:00 GMT

A lot of people complain about the budget deficit, but if you put the deficit in perspective, it's actually lower as a percentage of GDP than it has been in years past. Most people view deficits as a negative, but in order for our economy to grow, we need it to be a larger percentage of GDP than it currently is. Mike Norman says that if we can increase our deficit to 5%-6% like it was when Ronald Reagan was in office -- which led to the 1980-2000 boom -- we'll be better off in the long run. Erasing the deficit, as many people want, will kill us. If you want to look at one thing in deciding how to make long-term investments, the trend of the deficit will tell you the most about the direction of the economy. Our stock market has gone nowhere since 1998 because our fiscal balance crossed the line between deficit and surplus.

Jack Warkenthien: Beat the Market and Secure Your Retirement Income

4 Aug 2008 22:00:00 GMT

Your retirement income could be at risk. Many companies are cutting their defined benefit plan and making life more difficult on retirees. General Motors (NYSE:GM) (Detroit, Michigan) is at the forefront, cutting health care to retirees over 65. For those being affected and for those who are looking to escape from tired mutual fund returns, BizRadio's Jack Warkenthien has an idea for you. Stocks like Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) (Charlotte, North Carolina), American Capital (NASDAQ:ACAS) (Bethesda, Maryland), Citigroup (NYSE:C) (New York, New York) and Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) (New York, New York) are all paying large dividends right now that could be your way to beat the market, if you're willing to be a patient investor. And finally, listen in as Mr. Warkenthien points you to the sector to watch as our angst over the sagging economy continues.

BizRadio's MoneyMan Reveals Nine Smart Short-Term Investments

24 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Right now, I'm just going share with you a litany of investments that I like. Things you can make money on right now, but not a single one of them probably is going to turn out to be a long-term investment. Not a single one of them is going to be something that you can buy, put it away, and come back in 10 years and do something with it. In fact, the only thing I can think of that you could do that with right now would be, maybe on a three- to five-year basis, Goldman-Sachs (New York, New York). Why Goldman-Sachs? Because they...

BizRadio Debate No. 1: Mike Norman vs. Dan Frishberg on High Oil Prices

23 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

BizRadio's top two economic experts go head to head on the best solution to high-priced oil: Should the government legally stop speculators who drive up the prices or should the government take the brakes off and let the free market fix the problem by itself? Mike Norman: "I just don't think it is good public policy to allow speculators to hoard a scarce resource right now. Look, if you want to make a bet on rising oil prices, what's wrong with buying shares of ExxonMobil (Irving, Texas) or Chevron (San Ramon, California) or ConocoPhillips (Houston, Texas)? The idea of hoarding a physical commodity, right now when we know it is a scarce commodity -- and there are places in the world where it is produced that they are not very friendly to us -- I just don't think it's good public policy to do that."

Daniel Frishberg Sees a Coming Market Decline and Warns Against Mindless Herd Reaction

20 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Daniel Frishberg predicts a lower stock market: "You want a prediction every once and awhile, I can give you a reasonable prediction. Back in March we hit some significantly lower prices that really started to scare people. We hit a kind of a temporary bottom for stock prices in the middle of March and they ran up, all the way until May. They've given up about half of that, swinging up a little bit in a very anemic way, but now I can tell you this: Investors did not start to have the willingness to assume risk based on the prices we had in March. I can make an educated analysis now and tell you that the low point that we reached was not enough to stimulate new real buying and therefore you're going to have to have the stock prices go quite a bit lower than we hit. That means March was not the low, we're going to go lower." After Lehman Brothers' first-ever loss and 65% decline in stock prices this year: "Here is the story on Lehman: they want to know why did the CEO not just fire himself? Why is he firing his CFO and firing the president? Should he have just fired himself?

The MoneyMan: Embracing Economic Changes and Finding New Opportunities For Wealth

19 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

BizRadio's MoneyMan Daniel Frishberg says: Understanding the economy is everything -- being in touch with change and being able to understand and think for yourself and not buy into what the people around you believe. I'll give you six examples: 1) A typical town in West Virginia. A four bedroom home is now selling for $239,000. That home five years ago sold new for $360,000. This is what is happening to the wealth of people who you expect to buy stuff from you. 2) General Motors ..

Dan Frishberg: How to Make Money by Watching Economic Pendulums

17 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

On BizRadio's "The MoneyMan Report," Daniel Frishberg, uncovers how the different market oscillations can be watched and sometimes used for higher returns on investments. Mr. Frishberg: "There are all these different [economic and investor mood] pendulums. They are real and they have to do with the way people behave. There's a pendulum of about three weeks at a time, which is the way I like to look at it; then there's a pendulum of a few months at a time, which is an important one to me; and then, of course, there is probably a pendulum of years at a time, like the market went up from 1980 to 2000 and then it's been lousy from 2000 on and from 1964 to 1980 it was terrible."

Dr. Arthur Laffer Predicts the End of Prosperity if Obama Policies are Enacted

10 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT

After Barack Obama's victory speech, BizRadio's conservative economic brain trust discussed what would happen to the U.S. economy and markets if Mr. Obama has his way. From a supply-sider's view, it's not a pretty picture. Dan Frishberg: "Well, I tell you I don't like what I am seeing right now because, look, you and I probably both agree that there is, sooner or later, going to be a rally in the American stock market. And the more disturbed everybody gets when they run out of gas, the better it's going to be, but right in the middle it looks like it could get interrupted by bad policies." Arthur Laffer: "Yeah, it sure could. Well you know if Obama puts his policy through, it is a very serious time the U.S. is going to have."

Steve Forbes' Campaign Advice for John McCain

4 Jun 2008 22:00:00 GMT

Steve Forbes: "I think the key is going to be the circumstances of his victory. If he has run a campaign forcefully advocating tax cuts in a very coherent, cogent way, if he has done the same thing in areas such as trade and entitlements, then I think that kind of inoculates Congress from doing something foolish because the voters will have spoken and people realize McCain pulled out a semi-political miracle in a year in which the Democrats seemingly have everything going for them. If he wins on the tax issue then I think he might get something, or at least prevent something bad from happening. Congress, even if it is Democrats, do want to keep their jobs and they do read election returns occasionally. I do believe that if Senator McCain does hit issues, such as national security, which he is doing, and draws a sharp line on taxes, on trade and some other issues, I think he can win it."

Steve Forbes: the Folly of Forcing Exxon to "Go Green"

4 Jun 2008 22:00:00 GMT

The Rockefellers have decided to pressure ExxonMobil's (NYSE:XOM) (Irving, Texas) board of directors to make them more responsive to social policy: to force them to spend stockholder money to develop alternative forms of "green" energy. BizRadio's on-air think tank gets a visit from financial and publishing giant, Steve Forbes, who reveals the skinny: good or bad deal? Mr. Forbes: "Exxon has got a certain expertise in gas and exploration, oil and exploration, refining -- and to think that they are going to lead the charge in coming up with alternative energies just goes against the whole history of entrepreneurship. Big breakthroughs in the industries come not from incumbents but from outsiders. Even IBM, which was at the forefront of the PC, did not realize the significance of it. Others, like Microsoft, did and Dell and others, HP, and they ran with it."

Art Laffer Reveals: How To Lower Oil Prices and Is Speculation A Genuine Problem?

2 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT

BizRadio's brain trust of Daniel Frishberg and Dr. Arthur Laffer delve into the vexing high oil price problem and reveal the only viable ways that oil prices are going to finally be lowered. Arthur Laffer: "I think the biggest way to get oil prices lower is to have them go too high right now and really set into motion those substitution effects where people just literally stop using it and start finding alternative sources."

BizRadio's MoneyMan Dan Frishberg Exposes General Electric CEO's Sell-Out and Shares New 10-Year Plan

19 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

BizRadio's fearless leader says: " General Electric's Jeffrey Immelt, who was pummeled a couple of weeks ago as chief executive officer, says he may be unable to return to the 10% profit expansion that he forecasted before because he is trying but failing to sell the slow-going financial services assets. Think about this. He is trying to sell the consumer finance part, which has been very, very profitable for General Electric all the time. Now why is he trying to sell it now when it is at the bottom?

The MoneyMan Quizzes Jonathan Hoenig on Japanese ETFs -- ITF, JSC and DNL

19 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Daniel Frishberg asks: "We here in America are entering an environment where Big Government is trying to make all of the decisions -- similar to socialist-leaning Europe of the recent past. People get disenchanted with all this eventually and it probably will come to a difficult end at some point, as it has in Europe where ironically, they are all moving back towards more aggressive capitalism now. But as we enter this leftward phase, what would you suggest that our investor audience do?"

The MoneyMan Says: 'The Weak Market Rally Is Over. Here's What to Do Now'

16 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT

Daniel Frishberg asks an intriguing question you'll never hear on financial talking head shows: "Why should you make any moves when the recent stock market is just a pendulum swinging back and forth?" His wealth-saving answer: "You don't know what is going to happen in the back-and-forth interim, and so the key is that you don't have to always be invested all the time in everything. Sometimes doing nothing is actually doing something. So if you don't have a real good feeling that things are going to be higher in the next two to four weeks, your money belongs in your pocket."

Dr. Arthur Laffer, Daniel Frishberg and Elizabeth MacDonal get to the cause of the weak dollar

7 May 2008 15:00:02 GMT

Dr. Arthur Laffer and Daniel Frishberg butt heads with Elizabeth MacDonal of Fox News Forbes On FOX, as they try to separate fact from fiction about the economy, the weak dollar, NAFTA, and the true cause of all of it!

Why Rich Investors Make Higher Profits than Average Joes

30 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT

According to Dr. Laffer, Chief Economists to presidents, the good news is that, "The S&P 500 today in real terms, deflated by the price level, is as low or lower than it was in 1998. We've had a decade of no appreciation in the stock prices. However, the stock prices today, relative to interest rates and [high] profits, are the lowest they've ever been. It's amazing!" There are going to be a ton of good deals soon.

"Why Is This Recession Not Gonna Be So Bad?"

28 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT

Dr. Laffer says: "Well for Texas it won't feel all that bad. You've got a lot of housing problems, but Texas, being a no-income-tax state, will be the first to recover and the last to fall into the recession. You'll see things like construction declining, then you'll see the traded goods industries, like exports and imports, expanding like mad because you have the weak dollar and you have the substitution into those production areas. Obviously, you're gonna get some increase in unemployment and you're gonna get some decline in asset values, but you will get a lot of it offset by export, by import subsets and other industries.

"The Clueless Are Leading the Blindfolded" into an Economic Winter

24 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT

The truth is that there is less money around, sales are down, people are worried, and some are losing jobs because the stock prices finally got so high that buyers stopped buying. The market goes through cycles. Companies like General Electric (Fairfield, Connecticut) are saying that although the economy is down and no one is buying anything, they are doing just fine. Right up until the day that the orders are canceled and payments are missed. Then, they and the clueless sell-side analysts are forced to adjust their forecasts downward.

How to Profit in this Long-Term, Secular Bull Market in Water and Soft Commodities

22 Apr 2008 15:00:01 GMT

With millions more people worldwide joining the middle class - who all strangely enough want to eat and drink - there are going to be inevitable shortages in the soft commodities (those that are grown, rather than mined). There are mandates on ethanol driving up corn. You have people who are eating more meat and require more grain, which helps Monsanto (St. Louis, Missouri), Potash (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), Market Vectors-Agribusiness ETF, and PowerShares DB Agriculture ETF. Although these agri-business stocks and funds get ahead of themselves sometimes and can be volatile, the global population foundation is still there, and there's nothing anybody can do to slow down the demand.

Saudi Arabia is World's Center for Refining and Petrochemical Investment

21 Apr 2008 15:00:01 GMT

With more than $117 billion in planned petroleum refining and petrochemical investments planned over the next two years, Saudi Arabia has become the world's epicenter for capital investment. Industrial Info in joint sponsorship with Contax (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), a leading Middle East consultancy, is helping to open doors for equipment and service providers looking to enter this market by offering the latest market intelligence report for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

Safer Investing in China's Growth with Dr. John Rutledge's "Bank Shot" Strategy

21 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT

Dr. John Rutledge, the world famous economist and presidential advisor, joins BizRadio's Daniel Frishberg on his MoneyMan Report radio program to focus on safe ways to invest in the explosive growth of China. He calls it his Bank Shot strategy in which we avoid the risky direct investment in Chinese companies while seeking those that are enabling and supplying long-term Asian development.

Don’t Believe The News Medias’ Spin! Tax Cuts Actually Increase Revenues.

17 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT

Republican Senator John McCain called for a summer-long suspension of the federal gasoline tax and several tax cuts to stem the public's pain from a troubled economy. He urged Congress to institute a "gas-tax holiday" by suspending the 18.4 cent federal gas tax and 24.4 cent diesel tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The AP reported that by some estimates, the government would lose about $10 billion in revenue. But Daniel Frishberg, BizRadio’s MoneyMan refutes the whole idea that Mr. McCain’s temporary tax suspension would cost the government any revenue at all in the long run!

It's Time to Make More Green By Investing in "Green" Renewable Power Companies

16 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT

"It's not too late to add stocks with huge growth potential like alternative, renewable energy companies," says famous new technology expert Tobin Smith. Mr. Smith says "green" power technology is only in the "first inning" in the U.S. as we are 1) finally approaching grid parity in 2010-11 where solar energy and coal plants will have equivalent costs per watt-hour and 2) the whole world is going to carbon credits, which will turbo-charge this investment sector.

How To Make More Money In Your Oil and Gas Investments Using Industrial Info's Exclusive Data

15 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT

The key to making money in investing is having access to accurate and timely information. The only investors consistently making money are those who are ahead of the crowds. As BizRadio's MoneyMan, Daniel Frishberg says, "When everybody knows something, nobody knows anything." There's no money at the back of the herd.

"Whoosh Down" or a "Whack" -- Look Out, as the Stock Market Will Hit You with Both

15 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT

Any bad news could spook investors and cause a sudden, highly motivated rush to sell, which, without interested buyers, will result in a sharp drop in stock prices. This is Mr. Frishberg's "whack," and he believes it's coming and will hit investors upside the head -- like walking into a sign post. We've already been whacked a bunch of times, and Mr. Frishberg thinks there are definitely more coming until buyers are more motivated to buy and sellers stop rushing to sell at every little rally.

TV's So-Called Experts' Eulogy for the Dollar Is Plain Wrong

11 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT

TV's so-called experts keep predicting that the dollar will continue down the same path as before because that's all they do: predict that what's happening will just continue. But Daniel Frishberg, BizRadio's MoneyMan, rectifies this foolish thinking with an analogy. About 99% of the time we are driving straight ahead. Only 1% of the time we are turning, but it's the small turns that determine where you end up. The where and when of the turns are the big deal.

Will the Stock Markets Predict Mankind's Next Great Turning Point?

11 Apr 2008 14:00:01 GMT

Barton Biggs, author and former Chief Global Investment Strategist for Morgan Stanley, joins Dan Frishberg, BizRadio's MoneyMan, to show how big crowds have historically been an accurate forecaster for really big turning points. In his book, "Wealth, War and Wisdom," Mr. Biggs details the three great momentum changes of World War II -- although at the time, no one except the stock markets recognized them as such.

Don't Believe Financial Market "Experts" on TV and End Up Under a Falling Piano

10 Apr 2008 16:00:01 GMT

In the last two to three weeks, many experts who had negative market outlooks have suddenly changed opinions and have turned very positive in the market. They are calling this a "Tradable Bottom" with nothing but blue skies ahead of us! But according to BizRadio's Daniel Frishberg and Karl Eggerss, too many have switched sides with too little measurable reason. Maybe they've already bought -- and dearly want us to follow suit?

Foreigners Own 45% of U.S. Bonds -- What Happens if They Sell All at Once?

9 Apr 2008 16:00:01 GMT

We've "borrowed" a ton of money from foreign investors by selling them government bonds. What would happen to us and our economy if they decided to dump their Treasury Bonds all at once? Asians own 30% of our bonds. Have we given the Chinese government an economic "shotgun" and is their finger near the trigger?

Is the Market Baiting and Battering Weary Investors?

8 Apr 2008 16:00:01 GMT

Daniel Frishberg, BizRadio's outspoken MoneyMan, describes his bad feelings about our volatile sideways/down-trending market's recent history of building us up, showing us a few days of rallies, making us feel inordinately happy -- just before taking us down like a rock, yet again. It's his thought-provoking way of demonstrating that the stock market, right now, does NOT look like an opportunity to join a new bull market. Not yet.

Warning: For Fools Rushing Back into the Market, See Dan Frishberg's "Crazy Investor's Indicator" First

4 Apr 2008 16:00:01 GMT

Investor happiness has come on so fast -- almost instantly after one good rally. But is this rush to buy stocks premature and overly aggressive? A bad case of wishful thinking? "Yes!" says Daniel Frishberg, BizRadio's MoneyMan. This cautionary advice is not based on his opinion, but rather on the measurements of the emotional level of the market's most manic and "crazy" investors. A word of warning: Mr. Frishberg's highly accurate emotion-based indicator is counterintuitive. When emotions are at the bottom, it's time to get ready to buy. When happiness is at its peak, it's time to think about selling -- fast!

How to Find Gains in this Bear Market - Shorting U.S.A. Stocks or Buying Foreign Stocks

2 Apr 2008 16:00:01 GMT

As prospects and policies for business in America appear to get worse and people lose their desire to invest in America - would you be better off selling U.S. stocks short, or buying foreign stocks? Either method might work, if you do your homework and choose wisely. The market is still trending downward and Daniel Frishberg, BizRadio’s MoneyMan, sees no signs that all of the Sellers are gone or exhausted. Almost all Bull Markets begin with a final rush downward that would favor short sellers who are paying attention.

How To Survive When Investing Today, Is Like Driving On Ice

1 Apr 2008 16:05:00 GMT

When an old pro like Daniel Frishberg says that today’s churning market confuses him, it’s time for regular amateurs like us to slow down and listen up. BizRadio’s MoneyMan sees NO sign that selling pressure (people’s willingness to sell stocks) has diminished in any way. Therefore, each rally will be quenched by desperate sellers. We are still in a down-trending market. We were having a quick counter-trend rally that has run its course.

"Impossible" Events Do Happen, and Often Destroy Negligent Investors

31 Mar 2008 16:00:01 GMT

9/11, Enron and Bear Stearns were more than unexpected -- they were never supposed to happen, just like the discovery of "nonexistent" black swans. The reality, however, is that "impossible" events are always happening. So where your wealth and risk management is concerned, you must NOT be lazy, overconfident or foolish.

What the Bear Stearns Buyout Signifies and How You Can Benefit From It

26 Mar 2008 16:00:01 GMT

The bailout/buyout of Bear Stearns is a big deal and reveals many potentially huge ramifications for us regular investors in the near future. Listen to BizRadio's Daniel Frishberg in his latest MoneyMan Report broadcast in which he clearly and cleverly explains exactly WHY Bear Stearns went belly-up only weeks after it proclaimed its solvency.

The MoneyMan Daniel Frishberg, on the road with Art Laffer

25 Mar 2008 16:00:01 GMT

Daniel Frishberg of the BizRadio Network and Arthur Laffer, the "Father of Reaganomics," travel around the country talking with people about the current economic situation and what is giong on in the stock market.

When Will This Weakening Economy Finally Turn Around?

25 Mar 2008 16:00:01 GMT

Now EVERYBODY sees that the Economy is slowing down in a big way. Daniel Frishberg, BizRadio’s MoneyMan has been warning listeners of this fact for months. But he’s not inherently Bearish, in fact, he sees signs that the weakening economy will stop falling and stabilize in roughly two to three months. Most investors who are ruled by their emotions will not recognize this eventuality and will sell in their despair - just before things start looking up! Don’t act emotionally and lose even more money like the herd.

Don't Be Fooled by the Illusion of a "Bad Economy" - Talking with Daniel Frishberg and Arthur Laffer

11 Mar 2008 16:00:01 GMT

According to Dan Frishberg of the BizRadio Network and Arthur Laffer, the "Father of Reaganomics," our present "bad" economy is only an illusion. The confusion is from most financial analysts missing the fact that we have two separate economies at work. Mr. Frishberg and Dr. Laffer cut through the usual Economic haze in this podcast and point out the way that the American industry should work: for the consumer, not for the workers. So come listen to why you shouldn't be fooled by the illusion of a "Bad Economy" and what the Markets are going to do in 2009 and 2010 if the Democrats win.