The soaring stock market, sizzling economy, and still historically low interest rates in the United States make it all too easy to forget about...
World stock markets were mixed in overnight trading. The German elections held over the weekend saw Chancellor Angela Merkel secure a fourth...
World stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday as higher raw commodity prices, led by crude oil, supported the shares. U.S. stock indexes are...
(Kitco News) - World bond markets are seeing keener selling interest to start the trading week, led by U.K. gilts, which in turn have been pressured...
Brazil managed to pull off the 2016 Summer Games, South America's first ever, free of major problems or disruptions.
The same can't be...
Dividends play a key part in a portfolio's total return and have never been more important than during today's ultra-low interest rate...
Good news is good news again - for now.
The Labor Department's announcement that July unemployment held steady at 4.9% while adding a...
Uncertainty seems to be the only sure thing in the world these days. Friday's failed, bloody military coup attempt in NATO ally Turkey comes at...
Markets have no memory. So once again they are rallying based on false hopes that central bankers will save them from...
Let's talk a little more about divergence - as in wacky divergences.
Last time, we looked at divergence through the lens of interest...
Emerging markets frequently promise better returns than their domestic counterparts.
Still, they come with a special set of (manageable)...
The group of five nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, otherwise known as the BRICS - is making some intriguing financial,...
When it comes to emerging markets, risk takers can capture the most...
Marina and I returned home from Houston late Wednesday night. After trips to London and Mexico City, we were tired to say the least... but also...
Emerging markets have experienced record outflows so far this year, as global capital sailed back to safer markets.
Just in the first...
I'll be making a major presentation at a Bloomberg advisory session on the recent opening of the Mexican energy markets.
After...
The Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), the world's largest manufacturer of consumer products, slashed its global earnings estimate for 2014, due to...
More than $7 billion was withdrawn from exchange-traded funds (ETFs) investing in emerging markets in January 2014, and this emerging markets...
More Bad News for Emerging Markets: Overnight, the Chinese Markit/HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PM) report was released, and...
Market watchers have been pointing to selloffs in emerging markets like Turkey, Argentina, and Thailand as a reason to be cautious about investing...
