Dr. Doom

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Nouriel Roubini, the NYU economics professor who has earned the nickname "Dr. Doom" for his predictions, says he's concerned the tax cut compromise struck by President Obama and GOP leaders could expose the U.S. to bond vigilantes who will drive up bond yields, resulting in higher borrowing costs for the federal government.

Forget the gloomy predictions: According to Richard Berner of Morgan Stanley, U.S. consumers are a year ahead of schedule in repairing their household balance sheets, giving them the ability to start spending again soon. And the head of the IMF was explicit Monday: A double dip is unlikely.

Investors, analysts and strategists forever debate whether the equity markets are properly valued. That's the whole point of investing, after all, to figure out whether an asset is cheap, and thus poised to go higher, or too expensive, and so set for a fall. There's a bull and a bear case for...

Nouriel Roubini cannot help himself. He is a born pessimist if there ever was one. He forecast the credit crisis two year ago. He predicted that over a thousand banks would fail. His recent comments about the economy have been more sanguine, but he still warns of a double-dip recession. His latest...

Given his reputation for dark mutterings and grim prognostications, the law of averages states that, sooner or later, NYU Economics Professor Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini is going to say, '"The sky is blue, it's a beautiful day outside, and the economy looks great." Needless to add, however, Monday...

You weren't expecting an all-clear message from one of the world's most cautious economists, were you? Nouriel 'Dr. Doom' Roubini, the New York University professor who two years ago predicted the global financial crisis, said the risk of a double-dip recession for the global economy is rising...

Others may claim to hold the title, but there is only one "Dr. Doom" for me -- NYU Economics Professor Nouriel Roubini. Roubini, who rose to prominence in 2008 after he accurately predicted -- two year ago -- the global financial crisis, now senses a challenge up ahead for the U.S. dollar. China's...

Before you go shoot your arrows at Nouriel Roubini, hold your horses. This is yet another Dr. Doom, Marc Faber, the author of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report." And before you decide he's anti capitalist or anything of the sort, hear him out. Faber says that a sustainable recovery will occur...

This observation may send the inflation hawks scurrying back to their nests: New York University economics professor Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini says excess capacity in the global economy may lead to a deflationary period lasting as long as three years. "There is already excess capacity in the...