bubbles

Interest rates are the price of money, and though that price is near zero right now, the cost of low interest rates to our nation may be too high. Low rates are squeezing savers, seniors, banks and pension funds, and the benefits we're supposed to see from them don't appear to have arrived.

Everyone now knows that real estate values were inflated in a massive bubble a few years ago. While that's clear in hindsight, it raises the disturbing question: What other assets could be in a bubble right now? The experts we asked gave us a long list.

International bankers are hammering out the Basel III agreement, which will require banks to keep more capital in reserve relative to what they invest. It's a good idea, and one that would cushion the financial system from the next bust -- if the rules weren't being pushed so far into the future.

Market Folly speculates on where the next financial bubble might come from. __________________ And Paid Content speculates on which internet companies, both public and private, might get acquired next. __________________ Very applicable right now: What typically happens in the markets after the...

What lessons on investing can we learn from .400 baseball slugger Ted Williams? ____________________________________________________ The ratio of insiders selling to insiders buying hits an all-time high. What does it mean? ____________________________________________________ Guess which stock is...

In yet another public cry of innocence, Alan Greenspan tries to explain why he was not a fault for the two asset bubbles his policies helped to inflate unchecked. The overall gist of his piece is that he believes "bank regulators cannot fully or accurately forecast whether, for example, sub-prime...

In the past 15 years, the U.S. economy has generated dot-com, Nasdaq, housing and commodity bubbles. Now it's being hurt by another type of bubble: a 'fear bubble,' at least in the analysis of energy trader Paul Schmidt. Schmidt mentioned the concept during a conversation with DailyFinance...

One of my favorite television shows is House Hunters -- if you're planning to buy a home and looking to learn more about the process, you should absolutely watch this show. You'll learn a lot.I recently watched an episode that featured a middle-aged couple looking to buy a second home in Las Vegas,...