The fat years of the housing bubble lasted from 1999 to 2006 - seven years. The bubble was deflating by the beginning of 2007 and collapsed into the panics of 2007-09. Since then we have been struggling in its deflated wake. If we get the Biblical sum of seven lean years, the housing and related debt markets will bottom in 2013 - not a bad forecast. 

In less than twenty-five years, government “affordable housing” and other housing policies have turned a healthy market into a financial ruin. Until Fannie and Freddie’s market dominance and the government’s role in the housing finance system are substantially reduced or eliminated, the United States will continue to have an inferior and unstable housing market.

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Few investors know that when they ask their broker for a current price of a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or NASDAQ stock, the broker is paying for this data and that the revenue from the sale...

Olympic visitors might consider steering clear of military-owned hospitals where they could run the risk of being treated with substandard or counterfeit medicines.

CEOs who think they can succeed simply by cutting costs will soon learn differently in an era whose motto will be, "Invest, innovate, or die."

This book argues that privatization of the government-sponsored enterprises is the only viable way to protect the taxpayers and the economy.

In this open letter to SEC chairman Christopher Cox, the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee offers several policy proposals for consideration by the commission.

The best long-term solution for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is privatization: as private entities they will not create future losses for taxpayers, and a private system will encourage more innovation, efficiency, and competition, which should lead to lower mortgage rates.