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Nasdaq nears all-time highs as exuberance yields to reason
February 20th, 2015
As the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index closes in on the all-time high it reached in March 2000, investors are facing a market that barely resembles the go-go era of 15 years ago. Valuations, as measured by what investors are willing to ...
Japan crawls out of recession, but GDP misses (Video)
February 16th, 2015
Japan‘s economy crawled out of recession in the fourth quarter of 2014, data on Monday showed, although the growth figures came in much weaker than expected. Gross domestic product grew an annualized 2.2 percent, helped by a rebound in ...
How Greece could accidentally stumble out of the euro
February 4th, 2015
In less than four weeks the international lifeline that has kept Greece afloat for five years is due to expire. Debt repayments are looming and the country is running out of funds. Lenders won’t forgive Greece’s huge debts so ...
Russia’s credit rating likely to be downgraded to junk
January 12th, 2015
Standard & Poor’s is going to revise Russia’s sovereign credit rating with a “negative” outlook. The agency made the decision to revise Russia’s credit in late 2014. According to the agency, the flexibility of Russia’s monetary policy has been declining steadily. ...
Investing: Can you retire on $1 million?
October 24th, 2014
Probably. But you have to be smart about your investments and your withdrawals. some tips. If you read any financial advertising, you know that your savings are inadequate, and you’re likely to freeze to death in the dark a ...
Stocks, oil flounder on growth anxiety, China data little help
October 13th, 2014
Asian stocks stumbled to seven-month lows on Monday, while crude oil prices were pinned near a four-year trough as promising trade numbers out of China failed to cheer a market still worried about faltering global growth. “European equities look ...
Dow scores biggest gain of 2014 on Fed minutes
October 9th, 2014
Minutes showed little change from the Fed’s previous statements. The whipsaw ride on Wall Street continued Wednesday as the Dow Jones industrial average scored its biggest gain of the year when the release of the minutes of the Federal ...
Goldman Sachs revises price guidance on debut sukuk
September 16th, 2014
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) will complete a $500 million debut sukuk issue later on Tuesday, with price guidance tightened slightly from earlier indications due to strong demand from investors, a document from lead managers showed on Tuesday. The latest price ...
Apple’s drop below $100 costs investors $26.1 billion
September 4th, 2014
Following news of the latest security attack of Apple’s iCloud service over the weekend and news of a smartphone partnership between Samsung and Facebook (FB), Apple’s AAPL shares were under major pressure. Shares of Apple Wednesday fell $4.36, or ...
Corporate Asia May Struggle with Rate Rise
August 19th, 2014
Corporate Asia has taken advantage of ultra-low interest rates over the past few years, loading up on debt, but with rates set to rise, there may be risks ahead. “With the U.S. Federal Reserve expected to begin normalization of ...
