Investment Strategies
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Banks, Storage Companies Expand Gold Vaults
By Marlene Y. SatterDemand for gold has already resulted in the building of new vaults or expansion of old ones as investors in a flight to safety have accumulated stores of the precious metal.
February 16, 2012
Risk on the Rise: Yield Chasers Rush Into AlternativesCorrelation, coupled with the U.S. bond markets zero-yield environment, has driven advisors into riskier alternative investing.
February 16, 2012
Ivy League All-Star Investment Team: At Point Guard, Jeremy LinConsider: If advisors act as asset allocation point guards for their clients, which Ivy Leaguers would you want on your team?
February 16, 2012
European Concerns Dominate Senate Banking HearingThe Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Current Affairs heard testimony from three experts on the state of the financial situation in Europe on Thursday, and sought answers to additional questions as members explored how the U.S. might be exposed to the eurozone debt crisis.
February 15, 2012
Defending the FedAn American Enterprise Institute scholar argues that both the Fed and U.S. savers today must choose among unpleasant alternatives.
February 15, 2012
ECB Plans to Surrender Greek Bond ProfitsECB officials Joerg Asmussen and Luc Coene support the idea, and discussions are under way to determine how to book such profits up front so that they can be provided to Greece as an early lump sum.
February 14, 2012
Industry Opponents Slam Volcker Rule as Volcker Defends ItThe controversial Volcker rule that regulates proprietary trading came in for a final round of comment as frustrated bankers, activists and Paul Volcker himself flooded government regulators with statements.
February 14, 2012
Are Central Banks Saving Economy or Destroying It? News AnalysisThe question is whether the central banks combined $15 trillion bet will restore confidence in time for the economy to grow again, or whether the global economic system collapses, sending waves of pain on a scale greatly exceeding the fallout of the still unrecovered U.S. real estate market.