Dear Fellow Expat, What does the Federal Reserve do? That’s a basic question we must understand. The central bank has two jobs as its so-called...
George Soros offered a grim prediction for the markets yesterday, likening this environment to 2008.
This time, however, he blames...
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting today (Wednesday) continued to fuel discussions about when the U.S. Federal Reserve is going to...
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes today did little to quell confusion over when the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest...
Deflation in 2015 seems to be upon us. And while falling prices might seem like a good thing, deflation can wreak havoc on the economy....
So far today U.S. stocks aren't celebrating the 5-year anniversary of the bull market, which technically speaking began on March 9,...
Be careful out there.
The stock market rally that started in March 2009... The one that's taken us out of the Great Recession and to...
When you pump massive amounts of money into an economy, as the U.S.
[Editor's Note: We are constantly surveying the investment world for ideas, hidden stories and unique perspectives to...
The U. S. Federal Reserve's latest round of quantitative easing (QE2) may...
After their meeting last week, U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers said they are more worried about deflation than inflation and vowed to look for...
When specialty-chemicals-maker H.B. Fuller Co. (NYSE: FUL) announced its third-quarter results earlier this month - with earnings and revenue...
You may be facing immense foreign-currency risks in your investment portfolio - and not even realize it. If that's the case, don't feel...
After their meeting yesterday (Tuesday), U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers said they are more worried about deflation than inflation and vowed to...
With inflation low and the recovery waning, a growing chorus of analysts is beginning to suspect that U.S. policymakers aren't doing enough to head...
Inflation hawks have been warning since 2008 that the spurt of U.S. money creation that began at the end of that year would spark a surge in...
The threat of deflation has been making its rounds as inflationary measures like the
U.S. President Barack Obama's $862 billion stimulus plan,...
In an effort to stabilize the widening European debt crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), together with Eurozone countries, agreed to ...
For a U.S. president, nominating Fed governors is a little like nominating Supreme Court justices: Since they serve a 14-year term, you have the...
