http://finance.yahoo.com/rss/blogs/author/aaron-task/ en-US Copyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:21 -0400 5 http://finance.yahoo.com/rss/blogs/author/aaron-task/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/brand/purplelogo/uh/us/fin.gif In recent years, the “growth vs. austerity” debate has been raging in academic and policy circles. In recent weeks the growth crowd have been claiming victory, citing: Research showing Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff’s seminal work on debt-to-GDP levels contained numerous errors and was not so conclusive as originally believed. (Related: Did Harvard Economists Make [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/larry-kudlow-bernanke-wrong-inflation-173721194.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 13:37:21 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/larry-kudlow-bernanke-wrong-inflation-173721194A day after topping $900 for the first time ever, Google shares were taking a bit of a breather Thursday, recently trading down 1.2% to $905. Meanwhile, Tesla shares continued their phenomenal run, jumping 6% to over $90 in recent trading following last night’s news that founder Elon Musk will invest $100 million of his [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/google-tesla-buys-highs-173119486.htmlThu, 16 May 2013 13:31:19 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/google-tesla-buys-highs-173119486In 2006, Congress passed the Military Lending Act, which was designed to prevent predatory lenders from targeting men and women in uniform. But a new report from ProPublica and Marketplace entitled Beyond Payday Loans suggests aggressive lenders have merely shifted tactics and are still very actively going after military personnel. Rather than a loophole, installment [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/predatory-lenders-still-target-soldiers-desperate-people-accept-145013682.htmlThu, 16 May 2013 10:50:13 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/predatory-lenders-still-target-soldiers-desperate-people-accept-145013682With the S&P (^GSPC) setting a series of new highs and the Dow (^DJI) flirting with 15,000, many U.S. investors have overlooked developments that are arguably even more dramatic: Japan's Nikkei 225 is up more than 50% in the past six months and overnight breached 14,000 for the first time since 2008. For those unaware, [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/nikkei-surges-50-japanese-revival-potentially-serious-opportunity-125623890.htmlTue, 07 May 2013 08:56:23 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/nikkei-surges-50-japanese-revival-potentially-serious-opportunity-125623890Occidental Petroleum chairman Ray Irani lost his job Friday after 76% of shareholders opposed his reelection, the latest high-profile executive to be shown the doors. He won’t be able to collect unemployment but, in this case, getting fired might be the best thing to happen to the longtime oil executive: Irani stands to receive an [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/50m-getting-fired-oxy-ray-irani-takes-c-160355499.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 12:03:55 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/50m-getting-fired-oxy-ray-irani-takes-c-160355499The U.S. Treasury this week announced plans to retire $35 billion in notes, the first time the government has paid down debt since 2007. It’s a significant milestone for Treasury and $35 billion is a lot of money for mere mortals, but barely a drop in the $16.7 trillion bucket of our nation’s debt. Among [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/most-overpriced-oversupplied-over-owned-market-history-125751538.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 08:57:51 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/most-overpriced-oversupplied-over-owned-market-history-125751538In his previous best-sellers such as The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food and Food Rules, Michael Pollan examined America’s diet and summed up a very complicated issue in seven words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. In his latest work, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, Pollan turns the focus from what we’re [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/michael-pollan-home-cooking-solve-america-obesity-epidemic-174714334.htmlThu, 25 Apr 2013 13:47:14 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/michael-pollan-home-cooking-solve-america-obesity-epidemic-174714334After rising early on, stocks were mixed Monday midday, with the Dow down slightly and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq mildly higher. Coming on the heels of last week’s selloff – the worst since November – a lot of folks are worried if the bull is running on its last legs. Skeptics like John Hussman [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/ignore-grumpy-bears-hussman-stocks-working-lindzon-says-165554554.htmlMon, 22 Apr 2013 12:55:54 -0400blogs/daily-ticker/ignore-grumpy-bears-hussman-stocks-working-lindzon-says-165554554Stocks rose modestly Wednesday morning, pushing the Dow further into record territory. The question on everyone’s mind, of course, is: Can the rally continue? “It sure can continue…the question is ‘how long is it going to continue?’,” says Todd Harrison, CEO of Minyanville.com. As a former hedge fund manager, Harrison knows full well there are [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/don-t-fight-tape-not-going-end-well-161633295.htmlWed, 06 Mar 2013 11:16:33 -0500blogs/daily-ticker/don-t-fight-tape-not-going-end-well-161633295As the sequester enters its second week, one right-wing politician has a surprising answer for how to break the stalemate in Washington: “We need Ted Kennedy,” says Republican Kansas Governor and former Senator Sam Brownback. “It’s hard for a guy like me to say, but Ted would reach across the isle and say ‘for the [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/ted-kennedy-conservative-politician-unlikely-solution-sequester-162854787.htmlFri, 08 Mar 2013 11:28:54 -0500blogs/daily-ticker/ted-kennedy-conservative-politician-unlikely-solution-sequester-162854787