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Hi Gang, Welcome to my Liz-Vision blog! From now on, you can feel free to come here anytime... I can't promise that if you're "down and out and you're feeling cold" that I'll bring you up with a rainbows-and-sunshine view of the markets, but I CAN promise that you'll get my vision of the REAL story-- as best I can discern-- about what's going on. I'm actually on vacation right now in a ... read more

It was only a matter of time.  Not to get too psycho-babble here, but indulge me...I'm from California.   I've been thinking that, just like the Kubler-Ross "5 Stages of Grief" (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance) , there are 5 stages of a stock market bubble popping and I've decided LAWSUITS are, oh, let's say Stage 3 out of 5. We reached the beginning of that ... read more

First, a trip down Memory Lane.  Way back in the '90's when I was but a young journalistic pup in Cleveland covering things like fires, drug busts and the Ohio State Fair cow milking contest, I woke up one day and thought, "Shouldn't I be investing?"  I knew NOTHING about the stock market.  I called up my dad, a Urologist in L.A. who dabbled somewhat successfully in stocks and said, "Dad, ... read more

Ah yes, from one of my all-time favorite songs, "Jet Airliner" we get to the heart of the current Ford experience. And right now, folks, Ford (F) is going through the 'Hell' part of those lyrics. I'm just back from covering Ford's second quarter earnings disaster. I woke up at 4am yesterday to hop a flight to Detroit. First thing I noticed when I arrived at the airport was that, among all the ... read more

Hey gang, I'm so glad you're reading the blog. I love the comments so keep them coming!  I got to talk to Jesse Ventura today.  The former wrestler and Governor of Minnesota (only in America!) came by the Fox Business studios to talk about John McCain and Barack Obama and whether either of them has it right on the economy.   So I had never met him before and I'm thinking, "Okay, is THIS ... read more

Hey gang, check out my behind the scenes photos I snapped from Ford headquarters last week. You'll see the crew working hard to make sure all the hits went well. We were live from 11:40am ET until about 4:15pm. We did the entire 3pm ET show live from our location in blowing wind and outrageously bright sunlight (better than RAIN, I suppose) But the conditions presented challenges as you'll see. ... read more

Hi gang, The Securities and Exchange Commission is determined to find out. In the wake of Bear Stearns disappearing into the ether as a result of what some believe to have been vicious rumors spread by shortsellers (people betting the stock would go down), SEC investigators have sent out dozens of subpoenas to the hedge fund boys and others who the SEC believes may have played a part in ... read more

Hey gang, You KNEW it was coming: the tell-all book about the disastrous fall of Bear Stearns.  Well, IT'S HERE.  This morning I reported on Fox Business (see clip below) that we are the first to have gotten a copy of the unpublished manuscript.   It's got some blockbuster revelations and beliefts in it because it was written by a Bear Stearns high-level INSIDER who watched the whole ... read more

It's a question I asked Humana (HUM) CEO Mike McCallister on "Countdown to the Closing Bell" just after his company had issued a quarterly report that showed net income fell due to rising costs.  (the stock soared though, because it beat estimates, plus the company guided higher for the year.) I want you to see his response.  I want you to know that when we put company leaders on the air, ... read more

For the second time in as many weeks, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has fired shots aimed right at Wall Street.  First he filed suit against the big three ratings agencies, Fitch, S&P, and Moody's, alleging the three gave artifically low credit ratings to states and municipalities, hence forcing public operations like school districts to purchase unnecessary bond insurance.  ... read more