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Which Global Markets Soared By Double-Digit Percentages Last Week?
September has a reputation as the worst month of the year for stock markets. Throw in the uncertainty...
McDonald’s Fattens the World; The Rich Get Richer… at a 75% Discount; Chinese Data Boosts Emerging Markets to Three-Month High
Powered by stronger sales in Europe, McDonald’s posted an unexpected 1.9 percent increase in global sales.
Chinese Exports Keep the S&P Rising; Koch Industries Will Acquire Electronic Components Maker Molex for $7.2 Billion; Japan’s Growth Stronger than Previously Reported; High-Speed-Trading about to Hit the Brakes
Positive export numbers released yesterday by China’s General Administration of Customs supported the S&P 500’s five-day upward trajectory.
What the August Employment Report Could Do to Today’s Stock Market
During the last few days, we’ve gotten a number of economic reports that show an improving global economy....
ETF Talk: The Pacific Rim Offers Opportunity beyond Japan
Sixty percent of the world’s population lives in Asia, but less than two percent of human beings live...
Surviving the September Scuttlebutt
Last week marked the final days of “summer,” at least in market terms. As expected, there wasn’t much...
Japanese Market to Lose 10%?; Mortgage Applications up at the End of August; LinkedIn’s Secondary Offering Seeking $1 Billion
Despite all of the positive notes struck by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic reforms, nearly two-thirds of...
‘The Seven Secrets of Successful Speculation’
“Speculation” has an image problem. Index fund pioneer John Bogle recently wrote a book on “The Clash of...
Microsoft Late to the Smart Phone Party; Middle Eastern Markets and Oil Prices Get a Jolt… from Israel; Citigroup Minimizes Alternative Asset Holdings to $2.5 Billion
In a blockbuster $7.2- billion deal, Microsoft is acquiring Nokia’s cellphone business. Microsoft is paying 3.79 billion Finnish...
ETF Talk: Investing in Germany, Europe’s Economic Engine
It was only in recent weeks that Europe pulled out of its longest recession since World War II...