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One challenge investors and portfolio managers is achieving diversification. Impressionistic views gained from every day experience is confirmed by a number of academic studies. Diversification in the international capital markets is…

Similar to holding a diversified portfolio at a bank without checking the institution's solvency, many investors keep their entire stash of precious metals inside one political system without considering the potential trap they've set for…

Stuff like this is a very bad sign for Research in Motion as their share of the mobile handset market has plummeted to 9%. Shares are at a seven-year low.

Lots of debate out there what took the market down today. We’re not certain you can tag the first 15 S&P points on a single factor — MF Global, euro, Italy, yen intervention and strong dollar, or simple profit taking — but willing to up…

I have Daniel Kahnemann’s book Thinking Fast and Slow, but have yet to read it. Judging from the positive reviews and his past work, it sounds like it should be pretty good. Kahnemann was on CNBC last week discussing some themes from his…

It’s clear from the 1998 chart that the S&P500 was still in a major uptrend, which can’t be said of today’s market. Interestingly the 1998 20.7 percent 17-day spike started with a similar nasty bear trap. Remember, John Bull can stand…

FX markets are consolidating recent gains with most majors and EM weaker ahead of the open. After the EU Summit what is next for FX markets; today markets likely to focus on US income/spending report. Swiss KOF leading index fell to 0.8…

Markets rallied strongly in response to the European developments. Yet it is an exaggeration to think that risk appetites returned as the whole month of October has seen equities, emerging markets, commodities and foreign currencies trend…

The sharp rally off the October 4th intraday low of the S&P 500 is a result of the assumed prospect of a real plan to save the Euro and slightly improved U.S. economic numbers indicating that we may not be in a recession right now. In…

Controversial Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi appears to have finally capitulated to international and domestic pressure. Press reports indicate that he has agreed to step down by January. This in turn will bring forward elections,…