Templeton’s Mobius on 2012 Outlook: Market Volatility Here to Stay
By Joyce HansonMarket volatility will be a continued risk in 2012, and its difficult to say when the next crisis may hit, says Mark Mobius, Franklin Templetons emerging markets guru.
December 26, 2011
The Market Really is More Volatile TodayWARNING: THE LIFEGUARDS NOT ON duty. Swim at your own risk.Thats the way investment advisor Richard Bregman views todays market. If you go into the water, there might be riptides, sharks, says the CEO of MJB Asset Management, a New York-based firm that manages a little over $100 million in...
December 22, 2011
Survey Shows Many Advisors Grew in 2011, Despite VolatilitySEI Quick Poll of advisors poll found that 40% boosted their firms' net new assets by more than 10% in 2011, and 12% expanded their practices by more than 20%.
December 22, 2011
U.S. Investors Continue to Express Doubt About European Debt CrisisA new survey polling investors in the U.S., Hong Kong and Japan suggests that clients do not believe the resignation of leaders in Italy and Greece along with proposed measures by Euro zone officials will halt the European debt crisis.
December 22, 2011
U.S. Investors Continue to Express Doubt About European Debt CrisisA new survey polling investors in the U.S., Hong Kong and Japan suggests that clients do not believe the resignation of leaders in Italy and Greece along with proposed measures by Euro zone officials will halt the European debt crisis.
December 22, 2011
S&P Downgrades Hungary to Junk After It Defies IMF and EUHungary was downgraded to junk for the second time in a month, this time by S&P, after Moody's took a similar action previously, but markets reacted little to the news.
December 20, 2011
Late November Equity Market Rebound Ends a Volatile MonthGlobal equity markets surged nearly 8% in the last three days of November, while the bond market continued to struggle with low yields, according to Farmers and Merchants Trust Companys November Economic Commentary.
December 14, 2011
Whitney’s Muni Scare Allowed Banks to Cash In: BloombergBloomberg continued its campaign Wednesday to hold Meredith Whitney accountable for her prediction that 'hundreds of billions of dollars' of municipal defaults would occur within 12 months of her '60 Minutes' interview, noting that one fallout of her prediction was to allow banks to cash in.