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By Stefan Riecher, Bloomberg |
May 13, 2013
Euro-area data this week will probably reveal economic scars of the sovereign debt crisis confirming that the region is now suffering the longest recession since the single currency’s creation.
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By Simon Kennedy and Rich Miller |
May 12, 2013
America’s aggressive strategy for tackling its financial and economic ills is working better than Europe’s go-slow approach.
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By Roxana Zega and Joao Lima, Bloomberg |
May 7, 2013
Portugal is selling 10-year bonds for the first time in more than two years as it seeks to regain full access to debt markets following its 2011 bailout.
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By Frank Holmes |
May 7, 2013
During the first week of May every year, the maxim “Sell in May and go away” gets taken out, dusted off and powered up as a reason to sell stocks. Here are reasons to leave it in storage this year.
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By Lucy Meakin, Bloomberg |
May 7, 2013
The euro strengthened against the dollar and yen after German factory orders unexpectedly increased in March, suggesting the region’s largest economy is starting to grow again.
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By Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
Copper climbed to the highest level in three weeks on speculation that demand may improve in China, the biggest user.
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By James Hertling, Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici declared the era of austerity over after his German counterpart offered flexibility on deficit cutting amid renewed bickering between Europe’s two biggest economies.
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By John L. Caiazzo |
May 5, 2013
Despite slowly improving employment data, the stock market continues to stack gains.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 3, 2013
Oil flies while natural gas dives. Is this evidence of spread trading or is it just a coincidence? On the surface there is no doubt why natural gas tanked.
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By Lu Wang and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
May 2, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index toward a record high, as the European Central Bank cut its key interest rate and American jobless claims unexpectedly fell.
