Barton Biggs

Private equity may finally get it right.

It's not too much of a stretch to suggest that Iraq could be the next Saudi Arabia, the biggest oil producer in the world.

It's time to rethink the old idea of ossified Europe, as the continent surges strong and fast out of the global recession.

Hedge funds are hitting middle age.

Why the China bears are wrong.

Don't run with the herd—ever.

Winds of change are sweeping Syria.

Tales of America's impending economic extinction have been greatly exaggerated.

This market rally still has time to run.

Japanese stocks deserve better.

The next age of equities is coming.

Ankara needs help now, but rejects it.

To understand the rally, recognize that the GDP statistics you are reading are already out of date.

As Spring begins to come to the Northern hemisphere, green shoots are appearing not just in the shrubbery but in sickly economies. I'm not saying that there won't be some cold and rainy days in the months to come, but for the moment, it seems, winter is over.

A legendary Wall Street bull makes the case for how aggressive government rescue efforts and super-cheap stocks could revive markets, fast.

Throwing money at the problem and propping up greedy banks is like trying to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it.

The hedge-fund industry in the future will be much smaller and less leveraged, and have considerably lower fees.

It's incredible that Madoff could have sucked so many rich and very sophisticated people into his Ponzi scheme.

Bernanke told the Japanese to boost liquidity, even if it meant dropping money from helicopters.

The ECB is talking about raising rates even as the Fed is committed to cutting. Markets don't like the lack of coordination.

As this is written, the financial panic of 2008 is in full swing. Equity markets around the world are being slaughtered by waves of selling. The most recent debacle is the forced fire sale of Bear Stearns, but we can be sure that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow there will be additional disasters as financial institutions, hedge funds and individuals rush to de-leverage, setting off a vicious cycle.Wise men to whom we should listen respectfully (such as George Soros) are saying this is the...

The U.S. stock market has just had its worst January start in history, and other bourses around the world are struggling. Yet by most standards, stocks are undervalued versus inflation and interest rates, and are cheaper than they were in 2002.

A year from now, stocks, the dollar and U.S. inflation will be higher, and oil, gold, the euro and the pound will be lower.

Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the federal reserve, in his new book and in the excerpt printed in newsweek, writes that he believes America is on the verge of a gradual rise in inflation to a trend-line rate of 4 to 5 percent or higher.

Since mid-July, equity and fixed-income markets across the world have endured sickening declines and startling volatility. Major financial institutions have suffered grievous wounds, and numerous lesser bodies have drifted to the surface belly-up.

I'm still bullish about stocks, but there is one spooky memory that perches in my mind like the canary in the coal mine. It relates to the U.S. stock market in 1987, and the October crash that shook the world.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the world's doghouse because he does not appreciate sanctimonious lectures or missile batteries on his border. He and President George W.

It's a very odd thing. The hundred biggest capitalization stocks on the New York Stock Exchange are doing great by any measure, yet they have never been so undervalued.

It was a good year for world equity markets. most major indexes were up in the mid-double digits, and many emerging markets did even better. Some investors (including yours truly) expect this year to be more of the same.

Why have a couple of billion-dollar hedge funds suddenly exploded? Is this the beginning of the end for the so-called hedge-fund bubble? I am not unbiased, since I run a hedge fund myself.