The yen strengthened as much as 82.75 per dollar Wednesday, fueled by speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve would buy more government bonds...
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is looking forward to 1932. That's not a misprint. Actually, Bernanke is looking forward...
Iraq on Wednesday broke the record - 207 days - for the time between a parliamentary election and the formation of a government. But while Iraq's...
In Wall Street circles, it's known as "QE2" - for "Quantitative Easing - Round 2." The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank...
Meetings of the Group of Seven (G-7) countries in Washington this week could feature a clash of views that have sparked an international currency...
The world's wealthiest people are moving their money out of stocks and into gold bullion, sucking the yellow metal up by the ton in some ...
Gold prices have continued their record-breaking climb, and are showing no...
Crude oil has taken on a life of its own. As I have noted on several occasions, oil is both a commodity in wide demand and
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is up more than 10% in the past...
The housing market remains in the dumper. U.S. stocks - despite a rally - are still 22% below their record highs of two years ago. And the...
In a move designed to jolt its economy back to life and protect its export industries from an international currency war, the Bank of Japan (BOJ)...
Brazil's finance minister, Guido Mantega, recently acknowledged to the global investment community what most trade officials already believed: An...
While the U.S. economy is struggling to break its slump, growth remains strong in other places around the world - so strong, in fact, that...
If you're like me, and you spend a lot of time perusing financial Web sites in search of the latest global investing news, you've probably started...
Chinese state oil company China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) (NYSE ADR:
As of Friday, gold was trading above $1,300 per ounce for the fourth consecutive day, which means the break out in the price of gold in U.S....
News from the U.S. Federal Reserve is keeping the bull cycle for U.S. stocks alive and well. Despite investors taking a breather this week, the...
Banks seized more homes in August than in any month since the housing bubble burst in 2007, even as the number of homes entering the foreclosure...
Coffee prices have zoomed over 54% in the last year, including 44% since June alone. Retired hedge-fund manager sees the potential for coffee prices...
The U.S. House of Representatives this week overwhelmingly passed a bill that would enable the Obama administration to impose punitive tariffs on...
