Posts Tagged ‘Year’
The last year caught a lot of people
off guard . The financial stories and trends that emerged in 2010 challenged the conventional wisdom about investing, spending and the economy. Whether these patterns represent a “new normal” or a return to historical norms, whether they are long-lasting or short-lived, they will shape our financial lives in [...]
As we near the end of 2010, both US stocks and commodities are at 2-year highs. Part of these moves is due to economic recovery, the other part due to accommodative US monetary policy. In other words, a cheap Dollar.
But will this continue into 2011? Well at some point the scam that is the official [...]
By Russell Glaser
Silver prices continue to outperform other commodities as spot silver has appreciated over 70% this year.
For a majority of the year, spot silver prices were relatively flat, never trading below this year’s opening price of $16.83, nor moving higher than $19.80. However, beginning in August, the price of spot silver [...]
If you take the euro zone as a whole, its deficit will be lower than both the US and Japan next year.
But it’s not consolidated, is it JC? If it were, you wouldn’t have to work every weekend on some bailout package.
File that under nice to know but useless in the real world…
Hard work is [...]
FORTUNE — The readers have made their choice in our Businessperson of the Year competition, and after a month of rabid online voting, they’ve given the crown to Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford.
Over the five weeks of the competition, there were a handful of bracket busters. Ratan Tata of the Tata Group overcame Ev Williams [...]
This week is setting up to be the most important week in economic news in 2010 as there are multiple things happening this week that will induce major volatility. So hang on to your hats folks!
While there is ample news from around the globe this week, the markets will be focused [...]
Price action on USD/CHF (a daily chart of which is shown) as of Wednesday (9/22/2010) has broken down tentatively below prior support just above the key 0.9900 price region, establishing a 2 1/2 year low. This occurs during what has thus far proven to be a substantially bearish week for the [...]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — On Oct. 1, just three weeks after lawmakers return from their summer break on Tuesday, fiscal year 2011 will begin. But Congress will not have a new budget in place by then. And it may not materialize anytime soon.
It won’t be the first time. In fact, tardy federal budgets have [...]
Cheap money means big borrowing by America’s largest corporations. A $450 million bond issue by McDonald’s (MCD) Wednesday will pay a record low 3.5% yield on 10-year debt, and other companies are also getting in on the low interest charged by the current capital markets.
According to The Wall Street Journal, corporate borrowing is surging even as [...]
By Jonathan Cheng
Stocks advanced broadly Monday on light trading as encouraging economic and corporate numbers helped investors extend last week’s stock-market momentum.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 100.81 points, or 0.97%, to 10525.43, with all but one component rising. The Dow’s three-day winning streak has pushed the index back into positive territory for [...]
