Iran: President Obama directly accused Iran of “dangerous and reckless behavior” in pursuing a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, a well-known ......
When the plan to save Dexia came out a couple of weeks ago, some saw it as a precursor for the plan to save Europe as a whole. Not so fast.The European Union is going to have a summit held this ......
(eToro Blog) According to a recent report, the European Union’s administration may ask for new powers which would allow for the censoring of the various credit ratings agencies. In the words of ......
So far, this year has been tough for markets around the globe. Since the downgrade of U.S. credit quality in August, equity markets have become plagued with rampant volatility, discouraging capital ......
Stocks dipped lower on Thursday after European leaders decided to schedule a second summit meeting for next week. The prolonged debate between Germany and France spooked equity markets seeing as how ......
(eToro Blog) With Germany acting as the main driver of the Eurozone’s economy, news this morning that business sentiment continues to decline surely won’t come as a surprise to anyone. The......
Rumours remain plentiful ahead of the (now postponed to Oct 26) EU summit with a EUR 940 billion package to overcome the crisis, and to add more flavour to the uncertainty surrounding the sovereigns ......
Sterling continues to resemble nothing more than a piece of flotsam, tossed to and fro by Eurozone debt crisis headlines. However, in the final event, the U.K. is vigorously pursuing that classic ......
With wild volatility successfully wiping out both bull and bear short-term positioning overnight, Asia shrank into its shell and kept currencies in tight ranges ahead of the EU summit this ......
(eToro Blog) The Japanese government approved an extra 12.1 trillion Yen for reconstruction projects and to help companies struggling to survive under the weight of the strong Yen. The Japanese ......
(eToro Blog) Policymakers at the Fed and ECB might want to take a cue from the People’s Bank of China. Chinese growth has continued to steadily and inexorably rise, and is only now ......
The FT has a very good summary of the current state of play in the European debt crisis. Yet another weekend summit critical to the survival of the Euro is upon us. Once again, bottom-up analysis of ......
American equity markets experienced another choppy session on Thursday as France and Germany announced that a second summit would take place next week, suggesting that a resolution to the crisis ......
iShares, the largest issuer of ETFs in the U.S. by total assets, rolled out another suite of funds on Thursday that offer targeted exposure to domestic and international equity markets. The new ......
Charles Schwab added another ETF to its lineup on Wednesday, launching a fund that focuses on dividend-paying U.S. stocks. The new Schwab U.S. Dividend ETF (SCHD) will seek to replicate the Dow ......
First Trust, the Chicagoland-based ETF issuer responsible for the AlphaDEX lineup of products as well as a variety of first-to-market sector products, appears to be dipping its toes into another ......
Value Investing and Growth Investing are variants of the greater school of Fundamental Investing. Quoting Buffett from his 1992 Shareholders Letter:Our equity-investing strategy remains little ......
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