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Daniela Pylypczak: The markets took a couple of hard hits last week as less than cheery news on the homefront and from overseas rocked investors’ confidence. After several weeks of anticipation, the Fed finally announced that it will continue its Operation Twist in an effort Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Bearish pressures swept over the market on Thursday as investors expressed their concerns over the latest Spanish bank stress test results. Independent auditors estimate that Spain’s recapitalization needs could reach $78 billion Read more…
Tom Essaye: Part of being a good contrarian investor is constantly looking beyond your investment “comfort zone” and trying to find less-followed opportunities. In that vein, as I look across the scope of the investing landscape, I can’t help but see that the whole world has been focused on two regions: Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Stocks struggled to recoup losses from the previous sessions on Thursday as worse-than-expected economic data releases overshadowed earnings season, including an upbeat report from Ebay. Investors fretted over the latest labor market data as 386,000 people filed for unemployment benefits Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Profit taking pressures swept over Wall Street on Thursday as investors digested good news at home, although worse-than-expected developments from overseas stole the headlines. Jobless claims on the home front surpassed expectations, coming in at 348,000 versus the previous Read more…
Jared Cummans: This past week was chock full of data on the home front, as the U.S. poured on a number of key economic reports with the majority coming in positive. Despite a sell off on Friday, major indexes still covered some ground this week, as Tuesday saw the Dow close above 13,000 for the first Read more…
Jim Trippon: With the seemingly interminable drama concerning the eurozone debt and particularly Greece (NYSEArca:GREK), one of the backdrops has been that China’s (NYSEArca:FXI) name has Read more…
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Jared Cummans: Today marks the first trading day of the week, as U.S. markets were closed yesterday in observance of President’s Day. This coming week will be relatively calm compared to earlier in the year, as earnings season has ended and a lack of significant data from around the world will hopefully lead Read more…
Sy Harding: Kudos to central banks. The eurozone debt crisis produced two years of fears that it would result in financial collapse and a severe recession in Europe (NYSEArca:VGK) that would spread Read more…
Roger Conrad: Will Europe resolve its sovereign debt crisis and return to growth in 2012? Or will, as so many fear, the Continent’s economic unity dissolve and its banking system and common currency collapse, dragging the rest of the world into another recession? Read more…
Sy Harding: In 2008 it was a sure thing the bursting of the real estate bubble (NYSEARCA:IYR), the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market, the freeze-up of the banking system (NYSEARCA:XLF), the ravages of the ‘Great Recession’, collapse of the auto industry, bailout of mortgage- insurance Read more…
Russ Koesterich: As 2011 draws to a close, many investors are asking me what I expect the global economy will look like next year. While I don’t have a crystal ball, I do believe that three economic scenarios could play out in 2012. In my recent Markets Perspective piece, I’ve assigned probabilities to them Read more…
Jared Cummans: This past week was a rough one for equities, as euro fears overshadowed global data to send stocks into a tailspin. It seems that after taking the weekend to mull over the euro debt deal, investors were less than impressed with the final outcome. The smoking gun probably came from the Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Don’t let the headlines fool you, there’s lots of money to be made in global investing in 2012. You’re just going to have to be careful – more so than in years past – because right now the line drawn between successful markets and markets that are in danger of collapse is treacherously Read more…
The following six new Vanguard exchange-traded funds have closed the initial offering of their units and will begin trading this morning on Toronto Stock Exchange, bringing low-cost, high-quality, and broadly Read more…
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