Great Recession

Although Jefferies is positive regarding the REIT sector in general for 2015, it is less optimistic regarding the performance of community and grocery-anchored shopping centers. REIT analyst Omotayo Okusanya ostensibly maintains a neutral stance on the shopping center REIT sector for 2015....

GasBuddy.com just released its fuel price outlook for 2015 and the news for motorists is nothing short of spectacular. For the year, GasBuddy projects the average price for gasoline in the U.S. will be $2.64. “Toward the end of 2014, the market showed bountiful supply, strong production...

The average price of gasoline in the United States on January 1, 2014, was $3.29 per gallon. December 31, 2014, it was $2.24 or more than $1 per gallon less than at the beginning of the year. When gasoline price website, GasBuddy.com, issued its 2014 Fuel Price Outlook, it said the year “...

“I think it’s very important for investors to invest with their head, not over it.” Author and television personality Doug Kass, whose book “Doug Kass on the Market: A Life on The Street” came out recently, granted an exclusive conversation with Benzinga...

For many investors, the most coveted super power – assuming super powers were possible -- would likely be the ability to foretell the future accurately. Personal finance social network, WalletHub, with help from a panel of experts, offered the next best thing with 11 economic predictions...

During major sell-offs over the last few years, the mainstream media will feature guests or analysts that preach “buy the dip.” It is hard to argue that this strategy has not been profitable, as the market has continued with its impressive run. These are many of same analysts, however, that said...

In his latest book, Flash Boys, Michael Lewis contends the stock market is "rigged" in favor of institutional investors who buy and sell securities rapidly with computer programs, booking loads of tiny profits. This is at the expense of the individual investor, Lewis claims. Actually, it is the...

The past five or six years have been a real roller coaster for companies in the American auto industry, much as companies in many American industries. The fate of the big three American auto manufacturers – Ford (NYSE: F), General Motors (NYSE: GM), and Chrysler – were in as much...

Oakland County is located just to the northwest of Wayne County, home of Detroit in Southeastern Michigan. As the city of Detroit goes through the largest city bankruptcy in U.S. history, Oakland County is flourishing, attracting more residents and adapting to the modern economy. Bloomberg...

Last week, the Federal Reserve announced its third-round of quantitative easing, whereby the bank essentially prints money and then buys assets with it in order to add liquidity to the financial system and bring down interest rates. The ultimate goal of this monetary policy tool is to spur economic...