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Stocks Plummet on Downgrade, as Obama Defends AAA; Market Gurus El-Erian, Rogers Weigh In
By Editorial StaffWhile global markets plummeted Monday after Fridays downgrade of U.S. debt, Obama said U.S. credit was among the best in the world; several market experts also gave their opinions.
July 08, 2011
Falling Employment Can’t Faze MarketsThe private sector only created 18,000 jobs last month, short of even the most pessimistic forecast.
June 30, 2011
Kamath: Good Time to Buy U.S. Life StocksThe prices of high-quality U.S. life insurer stocks are so low that this is probably a great time to buy the stocks, despite lingering uncertainty about the economy, a securities analyst says.
June 20, 2011
Why Do Most Advisors Think They're Above Average in Intelligence?Why I’m skeptical--and will remain so--of supremely confident market prognosticators.
June 14, 2011
U.S. Fund Investors Put $24 Billion Into Stocks, Bonds in May: Strategic InsightMutual fund investors added about $24 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond funds in May, Strategic Insight reported Monday, a slight decline from April.
June 06, 2011
Five Misconceptions About QE2’s EndBernanke's news conference answered some questions about the future of quantitative easing, but many dangerous misconceptions remain on the table.
June 02, 2011
FPA in China: Best Way to Invest in Chinese StocksA planner traveling in China suggests the best way for non-Chinese to invest in the country’s stocks.
June 01, 2011
Going Small in Germany, RussiaVan Eck Global added the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (RSXJ) and the Market Vectors Germany Small-Cap ETF (GERJ) to its lineup. RSXJ focuses on…