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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
May 16, 2013
Billionaire investor George Soros joined Northern Trust Corp. and BlackRock Inc. in cutting holdings of exchange-traded products backed by gold before a bear market in prices last month.
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By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
Most U.S. stocks rose, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index extended its record level, following data last week that showed American employers added more workers than forecast in April.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
Hedge funds increased positions on a gold rally by the most in three weeks as central banks signaled no end to economic stimulus, driving prices higher just as analysts and traders turned the most bearish in three years.
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By Margaret Collins and Noah Buhayar, Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he ignores macroeconomic forecasts such as Bill Gross’s “new normal” when investing and sympathizes with people who stuck with bonds amid low interest rates.
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By Laura Litvan and Andrew Mayeda, Bloomberg |
May 3, 2013
President Barack Obama is being pressed by opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline to tie any approval to measures that would curb climate change, reflecting mounting pressure on the administration to mitigate the project’s impact if it goes forward.
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By Rich Nelson |
May 2, 2013
Although both hogs and cattle are trending higher, the end of the bull moves may be upon us soon.
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By Tony C. Dreibus and Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
April 23, 2013
The coldest start ever to the wheat-growing season in Kansas and freezing weather across the southern Great Plains are compounding damage to U.S. crops already hurt by the worst drought since the 1930s.
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By Jim Snyder, Bloomberg |
April 18, 2013
TransCanada Corp.’s new route for its Keystone XL pipeline, aimed at easing residents’ concerns, drew some of the same complaints at a hearing from activists and Nebraska landowners who said it remained a threat to land and water.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
April 9, 2013
The record collapse in U.S. corn exports and shrinking domestic demand are leaving more grain in silos, spurring a bear market just eight months after drought drove prices to an all-time high.
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By Lu Wang and Lindsey Rupp, Bloomberg |
April 8, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, after the biggest weekly drop of the year for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as investors awaited Alcoa Inc.’s financial release to mark the beginning of the earnings season.
