On Wednesday, the World Economic Forum will gather on a pretty mountain in the Swiss village of Davos. Immortalized as the Magic Mountain in Thomas Mann’s classic novel about a tuberculosis sanatorium, Davos today attracts those
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President Obama’s decision last week to kill the Keystone XL Pipeline that would carry oil from Canada to the U.S. was cheered by some environmental activists like Robert Redford. But many mainstream commentators reacted with …
This may be one of those rare moments when market strength is a signal of growing danger, rather than a sign of better times to come.
Shares with above-average yields and rising dividends may well offer the best returns in 2012.
Conflict with Iran could send the price of oil soaring and push gasoline prices to $5 a gallon, according to analysts. Here’s how to assess the chances that will happen.
Day to day, the stock market may feel like a roller-coaster, but in fact the U.S. is experiencing stagnation with a very, very faint upward trend.
Treasury bond prices will likely suffer a major decline in the next few years. Here are eight high-yielding stocks that are a smarter alternative for the income part of your portfolio.
Rating agencies have just downgraded the economic outlook for seven European countries. Does that really matter, or is it just acknowledging problems that everyone already knows about?
The U.S. stock market rallied Friday on hopes that the most recent bailout would save the common European currency and thus reduce the risk of economic and banking problems around the world. Almost immediately, however, cracks …
Today’s global problems could paralyze the U.S. economy and stock markets for the next 10 years – but that can be prevented.
Investors face two growing risks – a crackup of the Eurozone and a double-dip recession. To track the gathering storm, keep your eye on global bond yields.
They’re aiming too low, they’re fundamentally divided on matters of principle, and they have no muscle. In the end, it’s Congress that will have to tackle U.S. economic problems.
