by Ron Rowland
Thursday, July 29, 2010 | 7:30 AM
As I watch the exchange-traded fund (ETF) universe grow, I keep having flashbacks to the huge increase in the number of mutual funds in the 1990s. Back then everyone wanted to own large cap growth funds ...
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by Claus Vogt
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | 7:30 AM
On Friday the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) revealed the results of its banking sector stress test. The objective of the test, in the CEBS's dry words, was to "provide policy ...
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by Nilus Mattive
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | 7:30 AM
Last week, I told you where my favorite places were to get solid income and protection from a possible double-dip recession. Today, I want to follow-up on that theme by telling you about some of ...
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by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.
Monday, July 26, 2010 | 7:30 AM
In his testimony before Congress last week, Ben Bernanke lifted the Fed’s skirt and gave us a glimpse of the disasters now sweeping through the U.S. economy. But there are four bombshells he did NOT talk about ...
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by Bryan Rich
Saturday, July 24, 2010 | 7:30 AM
It’s earnings season. And more and more companies are talking about currencies. The headlines read like this ... “Weak Euro a Drain on S&P 500 Revenues” “Currency Fluctuations Wipe $500 Million off IBM ...
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by Mike Larson
Friday, July 23, 2010 | 7:30 AM
I used to love those Wendy’s commercials in the 1980s. You know, the ones that mocked the burger patties at competing restaurants with the catchphrase “Where’s the beef?” Today, I can’t help but ask a ...
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by Ron Rowland
Thursday, July 22, 2010 | 7:30 AM
Recent economic data is pointing toward a second wave of recession ... and maybe even outright deflation. One key consequence: Long-term interest rates are low and getting lower. Today I’m going to ...
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by Claus Vogt
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | 7:30 AM
China implemented one of the world’s most aggressive economic stimulus programs to fight the recession of 2008. And the country went on something akin to a debt binge. Credit growth surged as much 50 percent ...
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by Nilus Mattive
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 | 7:30 AM
Isn't it amazing how quickly the mainstream media talk has turned from green shoots and recoveries to double-dip recessions and a whole laundry list of new economic worries? The whimsical nature ...
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by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.
Monday, July 19, 2010 | 7:30 AM
Rarely are the signs of an economic downturn as clear as they are today — collapsing consumer confidence, sinking retail sales, another round of housing market troubles, and much more. And even more rarely ...
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