Kenneth Silber, Research

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Kenneth Silber, Research

Kenneth Silber is a senior editor at Research magazine. His work on science, economics and history has appeared in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post. He has appeared frequently on the Gabe Wisdom Show on the Business Talk Radio Network.

• Mexico: Rise of a Major Market

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  June 20, 2011

  Research Senior Editor Ken Silber discussed Mexico’s growing and high-potential stock market, on the Gabe Wisdom Show, Business Talk Radio, 6/6/11.

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  Muni Managers Say Widespread Default Fears Overblown: Morningstar Confab

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  June 10, 2011

  Recent gloom about possible vast municipal bond defaults, like those predicted by Meredith Whitney, got a dismissive response from a panel of muni bond portfolio managers at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago. “The predictions of widespread defaults that are going to decimate municipal bond portfolios are completely preposterous,” said...

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  Commodity Panelists Disagree on Strategy at Morningstar Confab

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  June 9, 2011

  Experts on commodity markets touted divergent investment strategies in a panel discussion at the Morningstar Investment Conference but largely agreed on the underlying economics of tight supply and growing demand for various commodities.

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  PIMCO’s Gross Warns to Flee Treasuries, Dollar Assets: Morningstar Confab

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  June 8, 2011

  PIMCO principal Bill Gross painted a gloomy picture of U.S. investment prospects during his opening keynote address on June 8 at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago. He encouraged the audience of financial advisors to seek investment opportunities outside the Treasury market and away from dollar-based markets more generally.

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  Mexico’s Resilient Market

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  June 1, 2011

• India: how a giant market emerged

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  May 4, 2011

  Research Senior Editor Ken Silber discussed the history and prospects of India’s stock market, on the Gabe Wisdom Show, Business Talk Radio, on 4/26/11.

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  India’s Emergence

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  April 1, 2011

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  Merrill in Crisis—Greg Farrell Takes Hard Look at How the Bull Stumbled: Video

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  March 24, 2011

  Greg Farrell, author of "Crash of the Titans: Greed, Hubris, the Fall of Merrill Lynch, and the Near-Collapse of Bank of America," speaks with Research magazine’s Ken Silber about the pressures and personalities in the high-stakes, crisis-driven merger of Merrill and BofA.

• The rise of anti-financial populism

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  March 8, 2011

  Research Senior Editor Ken Silber discussed the history of negative public attitudes toward the financial sector, on the Gabe Wisdom Show, Business Talk Radio, on 3/1/11.

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  Furious at Finance

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  March 1, 2011