StreetAuthority expert Jimmy Butts made a prescient forecast in October 2014 when he warned... Read More

StreetAuthority expert Jimmy Butts made a prescient forecast in October 2014 when he warned investors about the perils of initial public offerings (IPOs).   #-ad_banner-#To be sure, 2014 was a... Read More

  Consumer spending in emerging markets has been growing at three times the rate of the growth... Read More

  Consumer spending in emerging markets has been growing at three times the rate of the growth seen in developed economies, according to consulting firm McKinsey & Co.  ... Read More

    I’ll share a secret with you. My academic background isn’t finance. Originally, I... Read More

    I’ll share a secret with you. My academic background isn’t finance. Originally, I was trained as a historian and in my professional opinion; Europe has been a mess since the fall of... Read More

  The days of dartboard investing in emerging markets are over.   #-ad_banner-#Over the... Read More

  The days of dartboard investing in emerging markets are over.   #-ad_banner-#Over the two years ended April 2008, a basket of these markets, as represented by the iShares MSCI... Read More

  Investors rarely have a crystal ball when it comes to market action, but recent events in... Read More

  Investors rarely have a crystal ball when it comes to market action, but recent events in Europe point the way to some fairly predictable outcomes. I got such clarity after reading comments... Read More

If every year brought a fresh investing theme, then 2014 was a time for a “flight to... Read More

If every year brought a fresh investing theme, then 2014 was a time for a “flight to quality.” An uncertain global economy led both foreign and domestic investors to focus on the safest... Read More

For a slew of reasons, Vladimir Putin continues to garner remarkably high approval ratings in... Read More

For a slew of reasons, Vladimir Putin continues to garner remarkably high approval ratings in Russia, even as he has become a pariah in the rest of the world. Yet one small group of Russians is none... Read More

During the Renaissance and the Age of the Exploration, where did everyone want to go? India.... Read More

During the Renaissance and the Age of the Exploration, where did everyone want to go? India. Christopher Columbus found Hispaniola (today, the Dominican Republic and Haiti) by accident while sailing... Read More

The Bosphorus River, which divides the eastern and western sections of Istanbul, is also thought of... Read More

The Bosphorus River, which divides the eastern and western sections of Istanbul, is also thought of as the dividing line between Asia and Europe. Indeed, that location has enabled Turkey to develop... Read More

Ask six market analysts what they think about Chinese stocks and you’re liable to get a dozen... Read More

Ask six market analysts what they think about Chinese stocks and you’re liable to get a dozen answers. Those opinions will range from frighteningly bearish to unabashedly bullish. On the bull... Read More