Steve Carhart on the Financial Consultants

Tuesday mornings on WBIX 1060AM at 7:00am

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2010-08-31

  • New perspectives on the nature and duration of the current economic crisis
  • Elections and the financial markets
  • Pirate report: Pittsburgh Pirates leave fans marooned, make off with booty!

2010-08-24

  • More on Tax Reform...by listener demand!
  • Practical steps for investors
  • Pirate report: Pittsburgh Pirates leave fans marooned, make off with booty!

2010-08-17

  • Highlights of the tax dilemma
  • Alternatives to the current tax situation
  • Pirate Report: US Courts trying to figure out what a pirate is!

2010-08-10

  • Employment declines: what does it mean?
  • The Republican party splits on paying for tax cuts
  • Pirate Report: Did Google and Verizon just hijack the internet?

2010-08-03

  • Telling us what we already knew: last week's GDP report
  • The Republican party splits on paying for tax cuts
  • Pirate report: Prominent website promotes letters of marque for Somali Pirates!

2010-07-27

  • A potential turn in the US stock market
  • Investors thought they were done with the politics of reform, but...
  • Pirate Report: Tony Hayward walks the plank

2010-07-20

  • Further thoughts on life without stimulus
  • Policy options after financial reform
  • Pirate Report: Goldman Sachs avoids a hanging!

2010-07-13

  • Inflation, deflation, who's got the 'flation?
  • Next steps for the federal government
  • Pirate Report: All Star A-Rod absconds with as much booty as the entire Pittsburgh Pirates team!

2010-07-06

  • Welcome to the world without stimulus
  • Government policies that make sense
  • Pirate Report: JP Morgan sails away from regulation!

2010-06-29

  • Long Periods of Boredom Punctuated by Instants of Sheer Terror
  • Borrowing for stimulus vs. budget cutting to limit debt
  • Pirate Report: Is Jamie Dimon taking JP Morgan international to become too big to fail?

2010-06-22

  • China: Short and Long Term
  • What Ever Happened to Financial Services Reform?
  • Pirate Report: BP CEO Hayward's yacht sighted off Isle of Wight

2010-06-15

  • What is going to happen to BP?
  • What are the markets saying this spring?
  • Pirate report: Banksters attempt to plunder financial reform in legislative conference

2010-06-08

  • Slowdown watch: is it as bad as it seems?
  • Home in the Range: the alternative to a market moving up or down!
  • Pirate Report: Financial Services reform sinks beneath a wave of "reconciliation"

2010-06-01

  • The Other market: what's up (or down) with bonds?
  • Market Impact of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill
  • Pirate Report: Bin Laden envies BP's effectiveness

2010-05-25

  • Fallout from the euro-bomb
  • How many cheers for financial reform?
  • Pirate Report: Harvard duped by identity pirate

2010-05-18

  • Do the markets even work any more?
  • Implications of dysfunctional markets: social conflict and dissatisfaction
  • Pirate Report: BP well blowout about to plunder Florida beaches: where will it end?

2010-05-11

  • A day later, what more do we know about Europe?
  • While we were looking at Europe, what have we missed?
  • Pirate Report: Who stole 1000 pts from the Dow on Thursday?

2010-05-04

  • The show begins: financial services reform on the Senate floor this week
  • Investment outlook for the second half: sell in May and go away?
  • Pirate Report: Goldman reportedly shorted the Gulf of Mexico

2010-04-27

  • Making Sense out of Financial Services Reform
  • Black hats, white hats, and bystanders in the Senate
  • Pirate Report: Somali Pirates now a division of Goldman Sachs

2010-04-20

  • Goldman Sachs and Financial Reform: The long term view
  • Fundamentals that Matter
  • Pirate Report: Will there be munity on the good ship Goldman?

2010-04-13

  • Overseas Highlights from China to Greece
  • The worst part of income taxes
  • Financial services reform splits the Democrats
  • Pirate Report: Rubin and Prince face the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

2010-04-06

  • Don't fight the tape: perspectives on the current rally
  • Financial Reform redux: the Significance of Larry Summers
  • Energy and Climate: What is Obama up to?

2010-03-30

  • High Noon for Financial Services Reform
  • Boom-Bust Cycle Emerging in the US?

2010-03-16

  • Who needs Greece for a crisis when you have China?
  • Green Shoots II: the US economy and stock market a year later
  • Pirate Report: Is the California runaway Prius just a shakedown?

2010-03-09

  • Good news from several fronts
  • Financial services reform update

2010-03-02

  • Euro Crisis Update
  • How are we doing back in the USA?
  • Pirate Report: Goldman, other banks work both sides of the Greek crisis with credit default swaps!

2010-02-23

  • Update on the "jobs" issue
  • Financial Markets Fireworks: Federal Reserve Discount Rate and ECB Greek dilemma
  • Pirate Report: Goldman/Greece scandal catches up with Mario Draghi's candidacy to head European Central Bank

2010-02-16

  • Financial Crisis in Europe
  • Reforms or their lack in the US
  • Pirate Report: Goldman Sachs Greece

2010-02-09

  • Republican Voices on our Financial Future
  • China and Greece: Bookends to the Market Correction
  • Pirate Report: Sen. John Shelby holds nominations hostage for pork!

2010-02-02

  • Straight talk on the federal budget
  • What happens next with the economy?
  • Pirate report: Microsoft provides security patches to Windows pirates!

2010-01-26

  • Stuff Hits the Fan: Politics takes the market down last week
  • Questions for Senator Brown as a proxy for the Republican Party
  • Pirate Report: Goldman sacks the bonus pool in favor of shareholders!

2010-01-19

  • What comes after health care in the political economic debate
  • How can investors assess risks to the stock market uptrend in 2010?
  • Pirate Report: Somali pirates fight over record ransom for oil tanker!

2010-01-12

  • Friday's "bad" employment number
  • Looking forward to the political economy of 2010
  • Pirate Report: German Pirate Party goes naked to airport screening to protest full body scans!

2010-01-05

  • New Year's Outlook: Off to a Good Start
  • Economic Politics of 2010: Jobs and Blame
  • Pirate Report: Special Master Feinberg breaks new ground setting pay of TARP bankers according to NY Times.

2009-12-29

  • Good bye health care reform, hello financial services reform!
  • Predictions for 2010
  • Pirate Report: Incidents rise in Somalia this year despite patrols!

2009-12-22

  • I suppose we have to talk about health care...
  • Investment Surprises lurking at yearend

2009-12-15

  • Is Obama making a play for the emerging debtor majority?
  • Investment outlook for yearend and 2010
  • Pirate Report: International Criminal Court stumbling toward jurisdiction?

2009-12-08

  • It's the jobs, stupid!
  • Who will lead the emerging political majority of the debtor class?
  • Pirate Report: They got another tanker!

2009-11-24

  • Much Ado About Nothing: Stagflation Redux
  • Pitchforks for Geitner: who cares about health care?
  • Pirate Report: Nicholas Cage visits Somali Pirates!

2009-11-03

  • Reflecting on the End of the Recession
  • Deficits, debt, and inflation: Real and Imaginary Risks
  • Pirate report: Latest study shows file sharing pirates buy more music than non Pirates!

2009-10-27

  • Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror:the seeds of next year's market
  • Potential investment shift next year
  • Pirate Report: Family builds Halloween pirate ship as memorial to departed Dad.

2009-10-20

  • A quiet week ahead of earnings...anyone bored?
  • What's the catch? Commodities
  • Pirate Report: Galleon Group walks the plank on inside information piracy!

2009-10-13

  • Thinking about the federal deficit and debt: Fear, fact, and fiction
  • Investment applications: what to do with a declining dollar
  • Pirate Report: Somali Pirates attack French Navy flagship--guess who won?

2009-10-06

  • Employment outlook as bad as feared
  • What should we be talking about instead of health care?
  • Pirate report: Somalis are down and out; Depp may leave P of C; Pirate Party comes up big in German elections, but Google yanks Pirate Bay from search index!

2009-09-29

  • Revisiting the Employment outlook: more important than we think
  • Fourth quarter stock market outlook
  • Pirate report: Somalis are down and out; Depp may leave P of C; but Pirate Party comes up big in German elections!

2009-09-22

    2009-09-15

      2009-09-07

        2009-09-01

        • Assessing the summer rally
        • Do we have to talk about health care again?
        • Pirate Report: "Reaper" drones to control Somali Pirates...finally someone has sense

        2009-08-25

        • The Bubble Recovery
        • Do we have to talk about Health Care Again?
        • Pirate Report: Somali Pirates in a slump...who do they think they are, the Red Sox?

        2009-08-18

        • Cracks in the pavement: economic outlook for the second half
        • Health care: the end game
        • Pirate Report: The loss of the Arctic Sea. Have the Somalis hit the North

        2009-08-11

        • The recovery is real
        • Outlook for Investors
        • Pirate Report: The real issue in health care

        2009-08-04

        • What's driving the market higher?
        • How does this affect our view of next year?
        • Pirate report

        2009-07-28

        2009-07-21

        • Crosscurrents in the economy and markets
        • Health Care: What's the rush?
        • Pirate Report: Goldman Sachs, the Pirates of Broad St.

        2009-07-14

        • Looking beyond the stimulus debate: where is the US economy going long term?
        • Economy and Markets shorter term: watching paint dry

        2009-07-07

        • Second Thoughts on "Green Shoots"
        • Economic Policy Around the Clock...and through the summer
        • Pirate Report

        2009-06-30

        • What's working and what's not working
        • Summer Stock market outlook
        • Pirate report

        2009-06-23

        • Iran: Good, bad, or irrelevant for investors?
        • Financial re-regulation: half a loaf at best
        • Pirate Update: The Pirate Party wins a seat in the European Parliament!

        2009-06-16

        • Declaring Reflationary Victory!
        • Picking up the pieces: after the fire department leaves!

        2009-06-09

        • The Reflationary Vise tightens on markets & consumers
        • Second stages of policy dilemmas emerge
        • Pirate Update

        2009-06-02

        • Under the hood at General Motors
        • Pirate Update
        • Does the stock market know something or is it just nuts?

        2009-05-26

        • Waiting for the next shoe to drop...
        • Government led growth--or just redistribution?
        • Long Term Growth: What does it take?

        2009-05-12

        • Green Shoots & Stress Tests
        • Government Interventions on the way
        • Pirate Report

        2009-05-05

        • Signs the Fed may have done enough
        • Lemon Socialism Update
        • Pirate Update

        2009-04-28

        • Do we have to talk about swine flu?
        • Let's talk about fundamentals instead.

        2009-04-21

        • How Strong are the Green Shoots?
        • Pirates Everywhere!
        • Spring Policy Outlook: Followups on economic emergency policies

        2009-04-14

        • Bank earnings week! Some real numbers: where do we stand?
        • Pirate Update: a new chapter
        • The economy: Green Shoots or false spring?

        2009-04-07

        • "Green Shoots" in the economy: is spring really here?
        • Issues & Concerns: The Wall of Worry
        • Pirate Update: Patrolling the Cape Cod Canal!

        2009-03-31

        • Obama fires GM head: tough love for Detroit!
        • Global Drama: G20 Preview
        • The big number: employment on Friday

        2009-03-24

        • Toxic assets become "Legacy Assets": Geithner tries again!
        • Real World Investing: Equities and the Obama budget
        • Pirate Update

        2009-03-17

        • Pirates! Who needs Somalis when we have AIG!
        • Stocks! Is this rally for real?

        2009-03-10

        • Geithner fiddles while Citibank burns?
        • Obama's budget in historic context

        2009-03-03

        • Bailout Central: Will this never end?
        • Obama's budget in historic context
        • Economic outlook: Does Bernanke know something we don't?

        2009-02-17

        • Two cheers for the stimulus!
        • Facing up to the "N" word: Nationalization!
        • This week's big numbers: PPI and CPI: what to look for.

        2009-02-10

        • Unemployment and populism: blowtorch for action on stimulus
        • TARP 2.0: Questions for Geither later today
        • This week's big number: Trade deficit on Thursday

        2009-02-03

        • A cheer and a half for the stimulus package!
        • TARP rides again: the program we love to hate
        • This week's big number: EMPLOYMENT data Friday. What to watch for

        2009-01-27

        • The early robins of reflation: good news last week!
        • What do the latest economic data show us about timing of the recovery?
        • Stimulus politics: the honeymoon is over. What do the Republicans want?

        2009-01-20

        • Reflections on the Obama presidency as it will affect the economy
        • TARP II: how will it be different from the Bush initiatives?

        2009-01-13

        • Obama Gets to Work
        • More details on the stimulus
        • Wonks at Work

        2009-01-06

        • Commodities
        • New Year Economic Outlook
        • Predictions & Surprises for 2009

        2008-12-30

        • Is this the end of an era?
        • How does this compare with other major crashes?

        2008-12-23

        • Auto-Bailout Wrapup
        • Bailout Wrapup
        • 2009 Economic Outlook

        2008-12-16

        • Auto drama ends not with a bang, but with a whimper
        • Real economy down

        2008-12-09

        • Obama Stimulus Package
        • Bailouts: Detroit update
        • Obama market rally

        2008-12-02

        • Big Three: Hearings today
        • Citigroup: Didn't they get it right the first time?
        • Last week's rally: any cause in sight?

        2008-11-25

        • Rollout of the Obama economic team
        • Obama economic program
        • PIRATES!

        2008-11-18

        • Recession, depression, whatever...
        • Obama economic priorities
        • Big Three autos

        2008-11-11

          2008-11-04

          • Was last week an Obama rally? A McCain rally? (or maybe a TED spread rally?)
          • Does this represent the end of "supply side" economics?

          2008-10-28

            2008-10-21

            • Where do we stand in the financial crisis?
            • What is the TED spread and what is it telling us?

            2008-10-14

            • The end of the world has been postponed!
            • What happened over the weekend to turn the markets on Monday?

            2008-10-07

              2008-09-23

              • Interbank lending dried up on Wednesday. Why was that critical?
              • How exactly is the "bailout" or "super RTC" supposed to work?

              2008-09-16

              • Lehman meltdown: where do we stand, what happens next? What if my account is there?
              • Remember Fannie and Freddie? The aftermath

              2008-09-09

              • Fannie Freddie takeover: what does it mean short term?
              • Unemployment Friday: Big number. Recession watch. Profit outlook

              2008-09-02

                2008-08-26

                • Summer doldrums: path of least resistance is up?
                • Bounce in oil decline last week--what was that about?
                • Fannie/Freddie: uncertainty worse than collapse?


                Steve Carhart on Financial Entrepreneur

                WGCH AM1490 Greenwich CT.

                2008-09-09