What’s Not to Love about Stocks?: Searching for Alpha for September 2010
As new home sales decline to the lowest levels since the government began tracking them in 1963.

All Roads Lead to… Emerging Markets Debt: Searching for Alpha for August 2010
Boasting growth rates that would makes much of the developed world blush with envy, emerging market (EM) debt has become all the rage as of late.

Same Music, Different Tune as Stocks Stumble in Q2: Searching for Alpha for July 2010
President Obama’s handling of the financial crisis brought about considerable angst among market professionals.

With Lending Tight, It’s Time to Buy the Lenders: Searching for Alpha, June 2010
Let’s face it – borrowing money is tough. Small and medium size businesses are paying more interest, and face much stricter underwriting guidelines, than at any time in the last twenty years.

The Good News, Bad News From Earnings and Greece: Searching for Alpha for May 2010
The first wave of the first quarter earnings season proved promising, with 81% of companies beating earnings expectations and 79% exceeding earnings forecasts.

Will the Rally Continue? IA Searching for Alpha: April 2010
Stocks extended their impressive run from last year

Three Points About Europe and Japan: Searching for Alpha, March 2010
Warwick is currently traveling in Europe. As he surveys the global economic and financial market landscape, he sends along the following thoughts

Disappointment, Not Disaster: Searching for Alpha, February 2010
There is nothing worse than a trading day that starts with the promise of big gains but instead results in a sell-off.

Investment Opportunities May Well Abound in 2010
The New Year greets no shortage of opinion about the markets.

Money Flows in 2010: Searching for Alpha, January 2010
There are a lot of nervous investors around as we begin a New Year and decade.

Still Too Early to Go for Gold: Searching for Alpha, December 2009
The current “it” investment of the moment is gold. Everyone seems to be talking about the rally in what some have described as the last storehouse of value.

Whither the Markets? The Devil Is in the Entrails: Searching for Alpha, November 2009
Discerning the likely direction of the markets today is like reading a cleverly written mystery novel. In both cases a macro focus is essential, but the devil is in the details.

Lessons from the 2008 Markets Selloff: Searching for Alpha, October 2009
It’s been a year since the fall of Lehman Brothers, the storied investment bank that was forced to declare bankruptcy following an unsuccessful bid for a government bailout.

Can China Turn Inward? Searching for Alpha, September 2009
When China sneezes, the world catches a cold. Especially in the energy markets.

The Hangover-Free Summer Party: Searching for Alpha, August 2009
How long can the market continue to rally with an absence of genuine economic growth? July’s gain of 7.82% in the S&P 500 puts that index’s five-month return at over 34%.

Reviewing the Reviewer: Searching for Alpha, July 2009
The biggest risk to equities may well be the attractive return offered by bonds.

Mixed Messages on Earnings and Consumer Health
What’s the most likely direction of the markets in the next thirty days? As my family and I prepare for our departure on June 6th for an extended family trip

Who Caught the Rally?: Searching for Alpha, May 2009
The huge equity gains in April were a welcome respite from recent volatility.

A Guarded Return to Risk Taking: Searching for Alpha, April 2009
With current rates extremely low, the pain of holding cash at zero yield may be enough to convince investors to take a chance with some of the more battered asset classes.

Success, with Strings: Searching for Alpha, March 2009
What’s the best way to play the eventual recovery? If you’re Warren Buffett, the answer is (mostly) shunning common stock in favor of higher tiers of the capital structure.

More Barometric Folly: Searching for Alpha, February 2009
With the first month of the year showing horrendous losses for nearly every size and valuation segment of the market, the bear growl of the so-called “January Barometer” can hardly be contained.

Currency Valuations on the Wane: Searching for Alpha, January 2009
In this treacherous environment, one asset class seems to be the target of central banks – currencies.

Markets Down, Takeovers Up?
The recent pummeling of the stock market has changed the playing field for many firms.

Deciding What to Buy
Perhaps the biggest lesson from last month is that all asset classes went down together.

A Few Words About Current Market Conditions
With all the verbal diarrhea being spouted by the talking heads on CNBC and other channels, I thought it most appropriate to limit my comments on the current market debacle to a few bullet points.