On Oct. 17, Canada legalized recreational marijuana on the national level, becoming just the second country in the world to allow recreational...
On Aug. 20, Walmart Inc. closed a $16 billion deal with Flipkart, India's top e-commerce retailer.
Wall Street loves the deal's potential...
For decades, Argentina was radioactive for investors - a black hole for capital.
But a complete political shift has happened, and a...
Do the British want to leave the EU?
We know Mayor of London Boris Johnson wants an exit and that Prime Minister David Cameron does...
The European Central Bank announced a number of monetary policy changes Thursday in attempts to spur anemic growth and fend off slack...
In late October, I warned investors to avoid IBM stock.
At that time, the stock was trading around...
Global commodity woes increased again on Tuesday after Russia's Uralkali broke up one of the world's largest potash partnerships and ended a ...
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The Bank of Japan (BOJ), Japan's central bank, bowed to government pressure this week by adopting a 2% inflation target and accepting...
When looking for hot spots for investing in 2013, investors must consider this...
Following three-and-a-half years of government marked by scandal, incompetence and hesitation in the face of a natural disaster, voters in Sunday's...
After a surprisingly comfortable re-election, Venezuela has decided to stick with Hugo Chavez and all that comes with him. That has...
They're baaaaack. While the Chinese are busy grabbing all of the headlines, it's really the Japanese who are making the biggest moves....
Most people have given up on investing in Japan. With an aging population and far too much government debt, the conventional...
It is the world's fastest growing economy. It also may be the world's best kept secret. Yet it is true. Mongolia is growing twice as fast...
A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to the latest Greek bailout. The terms and conditions of the bond swap Greece agreed to before...
If the Iranian government makes good on its recent threats to stop oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices would shoot up $20 to $30...
With its 10-year bond yields nearing 7%, Italy's debt is becoming a burden it will no longer be able to handle as it follows the same path as...
Back in July, I warned you that Europe...
Believe it or not, there was a time when investors saw the euro as the savior currency of the world. People talked about how the euro would...
