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Stoyan Bojinov: Bullish pressures persisted for yet another day on Wall Street as investors took advantage of the low trading volume environment despite the lackluster string of economic data release. Major equity indexes settled into green territory although Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Last fall, I introduced the concept of investing in the CASSH countries – Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Singapore and Hong Kong. This theme has played out well year-to-date, and I still believe these smaller countries are likely Read more…
Daniela Pylypczak: Central bankers across the globe were in the limelight once again last week, as both the Fed and the ECB delivered rather disappointing commentary to the markets. Recently, ECB President Draghi had emphasized the ECB’s willingness Read more…
Tom Essaye: Earlier this week, news broke that China’s biggest offshore producer, CNOOC (NYSE:CEO), purchased Canadian energy firm Nexen (NYSE:NXY) for $27.50 a share … a whopping 66 percent premium to Nexen’s 20-day average price. Read more…
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…
Stoyan Bojinov: Back-and-forth trading dominated equity markets for most of yesterday as stimulus hopes collided with weekly jobless claims data. Fed Chairman Bernanke was reluctant to hint at any more stimulus until a further review of the economic recovery 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…
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