Canadian Housing Market Gathers Momentum As U.S. Market Slumps

While the U.S. housing market continues to slump, the outlook is much better for America's neighbors to the north, where the...

UK Central Bank Raises Rates; ECB Stands Pat

The Bank of England boosted its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 5.75% on Thursday - the fifth increase...

Sarkozy Engineers Investment Opportunity - For Airbus and For U.S. Investors.

In a deal that new France President Nicholas Sarkozy helped engineer, a private-equity firm controlled by the Dubai government has invested...

U.S. Service Sector Has Better June Than Expected

While other areas of the economy continue to falter, the U.S. service sector enjoyed an unexpected boost in June.

Housing Slump Causes Spike in Consumer Debt Delinquencies

by Jason Simpkins Delinquencies on home-equity loans reached their highest level in 18 months in the first quarter of this year,...

The One Time it's Good to Be Crude

Gasoline prices have fallen sharply in recent weeks and are now about 23 cents a gallon below an all-time record high...

Dollar Hits 26-Year Low Against British Pound

The U.S. dollar skidded to a 26-year low against the British pound sterling

The Market that will Emerge After the Emerging Markets

The New Emerging Market; It's either the "New China" or "New India" - depending who you ask

China Looking to Boost Strategic Coal Reserves

In a move that should be watched closely by commodities investors, the National People's Congress, or NPC, is drafting an amendment...

Should I invest in gold in 2018

The Baywatch Effect: Can China's Growth Help Gold Prices Triple?

With the advent of the digital camera age, Kodak, facing desperate times as Fuji Film gives them a run for their...

Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, Says Inflation Outlook is Better

Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, Says Inflation Outlook is Better

Venezuela Says "Adios" to Most Foreign Investment, Making it a Stay-Away Play for Investors

By unilaterally stripping away the Venezuelan oil holdings of both Exxon Mobil Corp. and ConocoPhillips, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has essentially...

Disappointment in Durables Leads to Worries of Prolonged U.S. Malaise

Demand for big-ticket U.S.-made goods plunged in May, as orders for metals, heavy machinery and even aircraft all skidded. The orders...

Investing in Argentina? Avoid it Like the Plague

If you were looking for the country with the worst economic policy of the last 20 years, your search would stop...

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Bond Guru Calls For Interest Rate Cuts, But is it Déjà vu All Over Again?"

Bond guru William H. Gross believes the fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis will spread beyond the housing sector, inducing the...

Global Investing: Has Wall Street Rigged the Game?

In the decades to come, the real money will be made through global investing. The fast-growing markets in Asia, Eastern Europe,...

Sinking Consumer Confidence: A Harbinger of Rougher Waters Ahead?

Consumer confidence skidded in June to its lowest level in nearly a year...

The Sarkozy Factor: Time to Take a Chance on France?

For investors, the election of Nicolas Sarkozy makes it very clear that France can be transformed into a highly alluring profit...

Time For Fed-Watchers to Watch the Fed

It's what they say - not what they do - that will count.

"Reverse Merger" Will Make Europe's GLG Hedge Fund Firm a Public Company

GLG Partners, one of the largest hedge funds in the European market, will go public in the United States in a...

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