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Jason Simpkins: What comes to mind when you think of Sweden: Blonde hair, pale skin, and a pair of sullen blue eyes piercing through a whiteout – or an economy that grew 5.5% last year? Read more…
Last weeks developments in the Middle East once again captured the attention of investors, as escalations of protests and violence in Libya sent oil on a wild ride over the course of several days. Read more…
Stocks rallied on Friday recovering some of the early week losses. Equities gapped at the open, consolidated for most of the day, and closed at the highs. However, there was divergence in the Read more…
So far 2011 has been an interesting to say the least. Stocks and commodities have been jumping around with high volatility generating mixed trading signals. This choppy price action typically Read more…
Statistic of the day: In the BRIC, people spend 19% of their income on food. Remember, grain is still quoted in dollars, and that 19% is off a much smaller base. Read more…
With crude oil over $100 a barrel, the alternative fuels are back in rally mode. Good news for solar developers and other renewable plays — and good news for the uranium miners too. Read more…
ETF Securities, the Europe-based ETF issuer responsible for a series of ultra-popular physically-backed precious metal ETFs, recently made an SEC filing detailing plans for a series of physically Read more…
The list of opponents to the Federal Reserve’s “easy money forever” policy is growing longer. In the U.K. … we learned that the Bank of England is tilting more to the hawkish side. Read more…
Russell Investments and Research Affiliates announced this week the creation of a new suite of indexes based on the Fundamental index methodology developed by Research Affiliates founder 
I was in Moscow a few weeks ago sitting in on a very interesting panel on the emerging middle class with Columbia professor Joe Stiglitz and Alexei Kudrin, Russia’s finance minister. 
Crude oil market has been on a wild roller coaster ride ever since riots started escalating in Egypt and Libya. The latest Libyan supply disruptions sent WTI futures surging above $103 a barrel in 
The gold bull is now on the verge of launching the most spectacular up leg of this 10 year bull market. This spring we should see the final parabolic rally of the massive C-wave advance that 
State Street rolled out two new ETFs on Thursday, launching products offering exposure to emerging markets equities and fixed income securities. The SPDR Barclays Capital Emerging 
Recently, New York-based asset management firm, FactorAdvisors announced the launch of the first ever family of spread exchange traded funds (ETFs) which will enable investors to 
Last week saw a typical volatile reaction in commodity prices during international turbulence: the violence in Libya was a major cause for energy, commodities’ ascent. It was believed that the 
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