Retail Sales Boost during Holiday Season?

Despite a lot of analysts thinking exactly the opposite, the National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that U.S. retail sales growth…

11 years ago

Bond King Says Forget QE, Watch This Instead

Pimco CEO Bill Gross isn’t too worried about when the Fed will actually begin tapering its quantitative-easing (QE) program.

11 years ago

Distressed Asset Discounts Abound in Europe Today

Blackstone Group LP (BX) socked away some $4 billion in 2009, in anticipation of the eventual bargain basement investment sale…

11 years ago

Shutdown’s Second Day Slows Stocks

U.S. stocks fell today, paring yesterday's gains, as investors waited for news of progress towards the end of the government's…

11 years ago

Euro Beats Dollar on European Central Bank Comments

European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi announced today that the bank will maintain its current monetary policy but will…

11 years ago

ETF Talk: Indonesia is an Interesting Asian Alternative

For the past 50 years, many Asian countries have risen swiftly in world economic rankings. Among these is the archipelagic…

11 years ago

The Government-Dominated Market

This week’s market action has been dominated by -- you guessed it -- the political showdown in Washington and the…

11 years ago

Apartments Climb Upwards

National apartment vacancy rates in the U.S. remain at four percent.

11 years ago

Booking Triple-Digit Percentage Options Gains

The market may be down today, but your bet on Priceline.com (PCLN) keeps going up and up. With the stock…

11 years ago

Mixed Week in Markets in Face of Government Shutdown

It was a mixed week in U.S. markets with the Dow Jones down 0.93%, S&P 500 dropping 0.14% and the…

11 years ago