-
By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
June 10, 2013
Hedge funds increased wagers on a gold rally to the highest in seven weeks before a report showing the U.S. added more jobs than forecast spurred the biggest retreat in prices since April.
-
By Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg |
June 7, 2013
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the central bank needs to begin cutting back on its unprecedented asset purchases and move toward stopping them altogether.
-
By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
May 8, 2013
Four years into an expansion, the productivity of American workers has slowed and some economists say there are few signs it will soon rebound.
-
By Cordell Eddings and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
Treasury 10-year note yields rose to a three-week high as the U.S. prepared to sell $72 billion of debt this week with the jobs market showing signs of recovery.
-
By Liz Capo McCormick and Daniel Kruger |
May 5, 2013
Bond investors are gaining confidence the Fed won't spark a crash while unwinding the central bank’s $3.3 trillion balance sheet.
-
By John L. Caiazzo |
April 28, 2013
A level of skepticism pervades the global marketplace as economic and geopolitical events are largely set aside in favor of "irrational exuberance."
-
By Phil Flynn |
April 22, 2013
The natural gas market has been the best performing commodity of the year. We called a major low in January and we are continuing to ride and roll over that position.
-
By Hans Nichols, Bloomberg |
March 22, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said he’s “spoken to the president a bit” about his future and that he feels no personal responsibility to stay at the helm until the Fed winds down its unprecedented policies to stimulate the economy.
-
By Bill Gross |
March 4, 2013
"But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?" Alan Greenspan coined this now famous phrase in the midst of what turned out to be a fairly rationally priced stock market in late 1996. But what about now?
-
By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
February 11, 2013
Hedge funds increased bullish commodity positions for the fourth straight week and became the most bullish on copper since December on signs of faster growth in the U.S. and China.
