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The Dow and 7 Days of Disaster
By Mike PattonDisasters affect financial markets from Pearl Harbor to Fukushima, but what role does human behavior play in market successes and failures?
July 13, 2012
Russell Emerging Markets Index Enjoys 4.5% Gain This YearAs of July 9, the Emerging Markets Index has yielded a year-to-date performance of +4.7%. This compares with negative (-1.3%) return for the Russell Frontier Index for the same time period.
July 13, 2012
Russell Emerging Markets Index Enjoys 4.5% Gain This YearAs of July 9, the Emerging Markets Index has yielded a year-to-date performance of +4.7%. This compares with negative (-1.3%) return for the Russell Frontier Index for the same time period.
July 13, 2012
Italy’s Bond Yield Falls at Sale Despite Moody’s CutItaly passed a market test on Friday after a Moodys downgrade that its industry minister called unjustified.
July 12, 2012
Best 5 Investment Picks for Midyear 2012Investors worried about where to put their money these days have a number of opportunities to consider. Here's what the experts are saying about good investments in midyear 2012.
July 11, 2012
LPL Adds Strategies to Growing Fee-Based Models Platform, Lowers MinimumsNew strategies added to the platform include offerings from AlphaSimplex, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Morningstar. LPL will also lower the account minimum to $25,000 from $100,000, Vice President John Moninger said.
July 11, 2012
5 of History’s Brazen Crooks Who Defrauded MarketsRemember Ken Lay? Probably. Remember Alves dos Reis? Probably not, but he nearly bankrupted a country in 1925.
July 10, 2012
Dodd-Frank Should Not Be Repealed: House Hearing ConsensusWhile they had many complaints about the Dodd-Frank Act, all of the financial services representatives testifying at a House Financial Services hearing stopped short of saying the law needs to be repealed.