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Asia stocks drop after earnings hurt Wall Street
July 28th, 2014
Asian stocks faced a drop in Wall Street and hovered near three-year highs on Monday, with China taking the lead after data showed a robust jump in profits earned by industrial firms in the world’s second-largest economy. The dollar ...
Your Mind, Your Investment Returns
July 25th, 2014
Regular readers know I enjoy discussing behavioral aspects of investing. The reasons for this are twofold: First, we can’t control the markets, but we can control our own reactions to it (at least we can try). And second, many ...
Gold Steadies After Losses, Remains Under $1300
July 25th, 2014
Gold remains under the key level of $1300, as the spot price stands at $1293.13 per ounce late the European session. The metal has now slipped about 2% in the past week. On the release front, it’s a quiet ...
Eurozone Growth Rebounds in July
July 24th, 2014
The eurozone economy continues its slow recovery, but worries about the Ukraine crisis have begun to cloud the outlook, according to the results of a private-sector survey released on Thursday. After slowing in June, eurozone economic growth rebounded in ...
Hyundai Motor second-quarter profit slips as firmer won, U.S. discounts hurt
July 24th, 2014
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor said its net profit fell by the most in five quarters, as the local currency’s sharp gain and higher U.S. discounts to entice customers overshadowed solid April-June vehicle sales in China and at home. Hyundai ...
New York Fed Censured Deutsche Bank Over Inaccurate, Unreliable Financial Reporting
July 23rd, 2014
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York found several deficiencies in the way German lender Deutsche Bank AG’s (NYSE:DB) U.S. unit was reporting its financial data, which, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday, the company had known ...
Watch what markets don’t do as world politics turns nasty
July 23rd, 2014
Like so much in the investment world of late, it’s what financial markets are not doing right now that is most intriguing. Over the course of the past month, conflicts, superpower standoffs and economic sanctions have flared in ...
Cybercriminal strikes can be small, but mighty
July 23rd, 2014
Cybercrime is a growing threat for businesses as attackers are getting more creative and skilled in their methods of stealing information. Cyberattacks on large companies such as Target, Neiman Marcus and P.F. Chang’s made headlines across the country and ...
JPMorgan begins to provide consumer help under $13 billion settlement
July 22nd, 2014
JPMorgan Chase & Co has begun to provide the debt forgiveness and other help to struggling homeowners under last year’s $13 billion accord with federal and state authorities, though it has only turned over a handful of details, a ...
Sweden Calls For EU Ruling On Bitcoin Taxation
July 22nd, 2014
Sweden has asked the European Union to provide definitive rules on the Value Added Tax treatment of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, after concerns raised by the nation about the UK’s revised position, issued in March. On June 2, 2014, ...