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  1. Outstanding Investments: Not Just a Pipedream Anymore • May 27, 2005

    Oil will flow like milk and honey from the Caspian Sea directly to the Mediterranean for the first time, now that the long-awaited $3.6 billion pipeline opened on Wednesday. I have been waiting to see this pipeline open up for a very long time.

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  2. Outstanding Investments: Macro Trader • May 25, 2005

    U.S. equities are looking bullish after a strong move through key technical resistance levels, and are now due for some consolidation. We look at what permabulls may be thinking, the state of the consumer and more on the potential threat of deflation.

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  3. Outstanding Investments: Another Volatile Week in the World of Resources • May 20, 2005

    Well, another volatile week in the world of resources. Did you see the cotton market move? Talk about a smackdown -- it got crushed! But this is commodities trading, after all.

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  4. Outstanding Investments: Hedge Me Not • May 18, 2005

    U.S. markets are staging an impressive rally based on improved earnings, lower energy prices and a tame inflation outlook. The possibility of deflation is returning, and some experienced observers think the Fed may be done raising rates soon.

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  5. Outstanding Investments: Reducing Exposure and Grabbing Profits • May 11, 2005

    Talk about irony. In the latest issue of OI, now online, we discussed the issues of excess hedge fund leverage and credit default swaps.

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  6. Outstanding Investments: Reducing Exposure, Maintaining Composure • May 11, 2005

    Thanks to the ups and downs of General Motors, the markets are worried about overleveraged hedge funds (Greenspan is, too). Could another Long-Term Capital Management be in the works?

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  7. Outstanding Investments: Some Interesting Inquiries • May 6, 2005

    On Wednesday, Justice promised you a bit more information that he wasn't able to fit in his midweek update. You'll find that information at the bottom of this hotline.

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  8. Outstanding Investments: Short & Sweet • May 4, 2005

    In light of falling crude oil prices, the equity market's sluggish response has been worrisome.

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  9. A Stroll Down Pennsylvania Avenue • May 1, 2005

    After my most recent sojourn to Baltimore, I took the train down to Washington to visit my younger brother. He holds the title "director of government affairs" for a federally funded advocacy group.

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