2010

Highlights The US dollar is weaker across the board today, but largely confined to yesterday’s trading ranges.  Short-term participants are getting chopped up while long-term investors seem to have adjusted their positions and…

By Vedran Vuk A friend of mine met an interesting real estate investor recently. The guy claimed that he escaped the entire market crash relatively unscathed. At first, I didn’t really believe it, but his strategy made a lot of sense. I…

News coverage: Argentina 'in shock' at former President Kirchner death – BBC Argentine assets rise on death of ex-President Kirchner – Reuters Kirchner's death may mark end of an era in Argentina – Miami Herald Consternación…

Bob Janjuah, co-head of cross-asset allocation strategy at Nomura International Plc, discusses the outlook for the global economy. Janjuah, speaking with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack," also talks about…

(Chris Wood filling in for David Galland) Dear Reader, Stock buybacks have been in the news a lot lately. Sitting on piles of cash and too nervous to invest in new workers or plant and equipment, many companies have started to deploy…

by Claus Vistesen (picture courtesy of International Business Times) Update: I was so caught up with Ireland today that I didn't notice how Greece also wants its part of the limelight. But fear not; Joseph Cotterhill from Alphaville…

The Fed’s announcement of a renewed commitment to Quantitative Easing has been well telegraphed and the market’s reaction is likely to be subdued. We are in a “liquidity trap,” where interest rates or trillions in asset purchases may…

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Frederick Sheehan is the author of Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession (McGraw-Hill, 2009). To the Financial Times, October 7, 2010: Dear Sirs, It is…

If you are a corporate CFO, now is the time to issue bonds because interest rates are very low, courtesy of the Federal Reserve. And companies are doing that from IBM, to J&J and Microsoft. These companies don't need the money; they see…