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How the EU Plans to Turn $26 Billion Into $390 Billion
November 24th, 2014
The European Union is planning a 21 billion-euro ($26 billion) fund to share the risks of new projects with private investors, two EU officials said. The new entity is designed to have an impact of about 15 times its ...
How a $5,000 IRA Can Grow to $196 Million in Six Years: GAO
November 21st, 2014
Individual retirement accounts were created to help ordinary Americans build a nest egg for later life. But the IRA has also enabled some affluent investors to accumulate multimillion-dollar tax-sheltered accounts, often by using assets that aren’t publicly traded. Unless ...
Stocks Rise With Oil After China Rates as Euro Falls
November 21st, 2014
Global stocks climbed, and oil and metals gained after China cut interest rates. The euro weakened and bonds in the region rose after Mario Draghi said the European Central Bank must drive inflation higher. The MSCI All-Country World Index advanced 0.2 percent at 11:21 a.m. ...
Draghi throws door to QE wide open as recovery wanes
November 21st, 2014
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi threw the door wide open on Friday for more dramatic action to rescue the euro zone economy, saying “excessively low” inflation had to be raised quickly by whatever means necessary. Draghi said there was now ...
Goldman Sachs’s Top Trades for 2015
November 21st, 2014
The release of Goldman Sachs GS +0.30%’ top trade ideas for the year ahead is an annual staple. Whether you think these are power trades or not, the time has come for this year’s release. Last year, of the six it suggested, ...
Yen Set for Fifth Weekly Loss on Elections
November 21st, 2014
The yen rose, paring the sharpest five-week drop since 1995, after Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso said the currency had depreciated too rapidly. Japan’s currency has fallen against all except one of its 31 major counterparts this week before Japan ...
Emerging Stocks Fall on China, Euro-Area Slowdown; Ruble Gains
November 20th, 2014
Emerging-market stocks fell as manufacturing gauges in China and Germany retreated, dimming the outlook for exporters. The ruble rose as Russian companies sought funds to meet their tax commitments. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index lost less than 0.1 percent ...
Yen Falls to Seven-Year Low on Election Outlook as Won Drops
November 20th, 2014
The yen declined to a seven-year low versus the dollar amid speculation Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will win elections and extend his economic stimulus program. Japan’s currency dropped against all except one of its 16 major counterparts. A gauge ...
Cheap-Oil Era Tilts Geopolitical Power to U.S.
November 20th, 2014
A new age of abundant and cheap energy supplies is redrawing the world’s geopolitical landscape, weakening and potentially threatening the legitimacy of some governments while enhancing the power of others. Some changes already are evident. Surging U.S. oil production enabled America ...
As Ruble Falls Even Teeth Cost Too Much to Fix
November 19th, 2014
In Rostov-on-Don, a Russian port city of 1.1 million people just east of the Ukrainian border, signs of the fallout from the ruble’s collapse are everywhere. There’s the 27-year-old entrepreneur whose storage facility is packed to the ceiling with ...
