Bill Zielinski

As if creditors didn’t have enough worries with nonperforming consumer debt and defaulting  real estate mortgages, it now appears that another wave of debt defaults has started - this time by municipal borrowers.
Consider the City of Buena [...]

Newmont Mining (NEM) has been a frustrating stock for many investors over the past 14 years.
As the price of gold moved from the $390 range in May 1996 to $1200 today, Newmont’s stock price is only $3 [...]

Million Dollar Home Owners Falling Off The Cliff
“I think you’ll find the only difference between the rich and other people is that the rich have more money” - Mary Colum
If the difference between the rich [...]

California’s long running budget crisis has now degraded to the point where Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered a pay reduction to the minimum wage rate of $7.25 an hour for 200,000 state employees.
The California banking industry, perhaps [...]

Treasury’s Victory Call On Financial Bailout Premature
The Treasury Department’s latest public relations effort to highlight the success of the financial system bailout focuses on the amount of TARP repayments versus total debt outstanding.  In addition, the Treasury, [...]

US Companies Build Massive Cash Reserves Based on Economic Worries
Wall Street Journal - U.S. companies are holding more cash in the bank than at any point on record, underscoring persistent worries about financial markets and [...]

With Europe Facing Meltdown Geithner Offers Advice
After recently “saving” the US from economic Armageddon, Treasury Secretary Geithner must feel uniquely qualified to  advise European governments on their looming sovereign debt crisis.   Geithner’s solution to Europe’s out of [...]

K-Ratio Flashing Major Buy Signal
The increase in gold prices over the last five years has outperformed virtually every other asset class.   From the low $400 range in 2005, gold has soared almost 300% to over $1200 per [...]

Concerns about the current economic mess turning into another Great Depression seem to have faded.  The consensus view of  government officials and private economists seems to be that the economy, although still fragile,  is well on its [...]