Listening to the Whisper Numbers
By Tom NawrockiAs companies continue to beat their earnings estimates handily, investors are beginning to rely on whisper numbers instead of analysts' estimates.
July 18, 2012
The Dow and 7 Days of DisasterDisasters affect financial markets from Pearl Harbor to Fukushima, but what role does human behavior play in market successes and failures?
July 16, 2012
A tale of two cities: too many jobs, or not enough (NPR)Yuma, Ariz., has the countrys highest unemployment rate at 28.9%more than three times the national average of 8.2%, while Bismarck, N.D., has added 3,300 jobs in the last year. Both towns have their own sets of problems.
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 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Dodd-Frank Should Not Be Repealed: House Hearing ConsensusWhile they had many complaints about the Dodd-Frank Act, all of the financial services representatives testifying at a House Financial Services hearing stopped short of saying the law needs to be repealed.