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By Phil Flynn |
July 30, 2012
Oh sure, we have the drought driving corn prices to another record high and we have geo-political concerns surrounding Iran, Syria and Egypt, but this oil rally is mainly being driven by the hopes of cheap and easy, freshly printed money.
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By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne |
July 23, 2012
Traders who manipulated the London interbank offered rate (Libor) may find the hot water they’re in rising to a boil.
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By Lindsay Fortado and Joshua Gallu, Bloomberg |
July 18, 2012
Regulators are investigating the possibility traders colluded in the interest-rate manipulation case that has already cost Barclays Plc $450 million in fines.
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By Phil Flynn |
July 18, 2012
Ben Bernanke may not be ready to do QE-3D just yet but after some initial disappointment, oil turned around and rallied anyway. The upward bias for oil seems to be getting more bullish.
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By Ginger Szala |
July 1, 2012
July editor's note from Ginger Szala
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By Ginger Szala |
June 25, 2012
Austerity is a funny thing. Some believe it is the cure for what ails economies in Europe as well as the United States.
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By Catarina Saraiva and Lucy Meakin, Bloomberg |
May 30, 2012
The euro fell to the lowest in almost two years against the dollar as Spain struggled to rescue its troubled banks, adding to signs the European debt crisis is spreading to the region’s larger economies.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 30, 2012
What has caused the sharp turnaround in the euro, gold and oil? The common factor is Spain. Rating agency Egan-Jones downgraded Spain on Tuesday from Bb- to B.
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By Dawn Kopecki and Max Abelson, Bloomberg |
May 29, 2012
The three directors who oversee risk at JPMorgan Chase & Co. include a museum head who sat on American International Group Inc.’s governance committee in 2008, the grandson of a billionaire and the chief executive officer of a company that makes flight controls and work boots.
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By Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg |
May 3, 2012
Europe’s shifting emphasis from enforcing austerity to seeking economic growth marks a hollow victory for Nobel laureate Paul Krugman.
