Stocks open lower after GDP report disappoints

Larry Kudlow: Obama's Low-Ball Vision

There is a growing consensus around the country for full-fledged reform of the personal and corporate tax codes.

John Ransom: Economists Finally Get One Thing Right for 2011: Obama a Failure

If Obama made as many easy economic decisions as he has had vacations this year, we’d be seeing decent economic growth. In fact, if we could get Obama to take more vacations and not make ANY decisions, it’s likely real unemployment-U6- wouldn’t be at 16 percent and climbing.

Charles Payne: Pax Americana

Earlier this week, I began an interview on Fox Business by asking the guest if the market had entered into some kind of Pax Romana period.

Daniel J. Mitchell: Since Obama’s Class-Warfare Tax Policy Is Failing in Illinois, Why Does He Think It Will Work for the Entire Country?

close your eyes and envision a different map. Instead of American states, imagine a map of the world. And think what it will look like if Obama succeeds in imposing all the tax increases he has endorsed.

Crista Huff: A Big Dividend is a Good Thing to Waste

It's a large-cap stock with a current yield over 4%, and possibly a good addition to a growth & income stock portfolio.

Jeff Carter: Where Do I Put My Cash?

The same as a corporation, once you pay your bills you need to figure out where to put any excess cash that you have.

Jerry Bowyer: On Risk, Follow the Iron Lady

"what we have done, and what we have left undone, in thought, word, and deed" on a national level determines as much as anything else our margin of safety.

Political Calculations: How Good Are Earnings Forecasts?

Well, if you go by our chart below, which we constructed by sampling data we obtained from S&P roughly one-year apart (at the dates indicated) and mostly looking one-year-ahead in time, the answer is: not good at all!

Mike Shedlock: GDP on Recession Track

In contrast to popular belief, recessions typically start with GDP in positive territory.

Lincoln Brown: Obama Has No Credibility on Energy

The extraction industry has accounted for the bulk of the economy in my neck of the woods and we’ve had a tough time making a go off it here since the results of the 2008 Presidential Election.

Bob Goldman: Depressing, Ain't It?

You know what's really depressing? The fact that your job is really depressing.

David Sterman: The Best Way to Invest in Biotech Stocks

Sadly, for every biotech stock that takes off sharply, another half-dozen plunge to new lows because of nature of these cash-constrained business models.

Bill Tatro: Inflation or Delfation? But Wait...

When such illustrious proponents of hyperinflation such as Marc Faber, Peter Schiff, and even the venerable Warren Buffett seize the microphone and take such a convincing position, it is very difficult for a deflationist such as myself to compete and put forth my point of view.

Ralph Benko: The Newt Gingrich Swing: For the Fences

One of Newt Gingrich’s rivals just before the South Carolina primary criticized him for his claim of having created millions of jobs, saying “Congressmen taking responsibility or taking credit for helping create jobs is like Al Gore taking credit for the Internet.” This charge of self-aggrandizement didn’t stick to Gingrich (many of whose stands have engaged this columnist’s personal enthusiasm and support). Instead Gingrich stunned the pundits by a double-digit spread victory, close to a 30 point swing from January 9.

David Malpass: GDP Weaker Than Expected

While fourth quarter GDP growth was a bit weaker than expected, a trend that will probably extend into first quarter data, we think the groundwork is in place for a gradual acceleration of the U.S. and global economies in 2012.

Tad DeHaven: Baloney Budget Reform

I don’t recall ever agreeing with the left-liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), but their new paper on the drawbacks of the federal government switching to biennial budgeting is a good read.

John Ransom: GM CEO Burst into Flames at Volt Meeting- Almost

It’s nice to know from the guy in charge of sales at GM that actual sales really don’t matter, in the same way that Democrats want us to believe that Obama’s actual job performance doesn’t really matter either.

Mike Shedlock: Why Gold? Why Now?

Now is the time where you need your metals – particularly gold and gold stocks. The above issues shows you clearly and forcefully that we have moved from a ‘Maximum Intervention’ period into a ‘Maximum printing’ phase.

Bob Beauprez: The Cost of Obama's Green Appeasement

Radical environmentalists like McKibben – a second generation jailed protestor and disciple of John Kerry – seem either not to know or else don’t care what real poverty looks like.

Lincoln Brown: Finally, Redford "Squares Away" on the 99 Percent

What would we all do if we didn't have someone who made his fortune pretending to be someone else telling us how everything else is? It's all in a days work for Robert Redford.