Bonds are supposed to be safe investments. But what most fixed-income investors don’t realize is that bonds have rarely been more risky. That’s because with interest rates near record… Read More
International Investing
Even as Europe struggles to avoid further meltdowns, the economic pulse across the English Channel... Read More
Even as Europe struggles to avoid further meltdowns, the economic pulse across the English Channel is starting to quicken. A steady drumbeat of positive economic reports has led to expectations that... Read More
Among traders, George Soros is a legend for making big bets that pay off. His most famous trade... Read More
Among traders, George Soros is a legend for making big bets that pay off. His most famous trade — a bet against the Bank of England — made him $1 billion in one day. Since then, Soros has... Read More
You may not be familiar with the name “Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.” — but you should be. Led by fund industry guru Jeremy Grantham, GMO is a Boston-based money management firm with… Read More
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. If the two market crashes since the turn of the... Read More
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. If the two market crashes since the turn of the century have taught us one thing, it is that this proverb is extremely relevant to… Read More Read More
Trouble is brewing in the Western economies again. The U.S. economy is growing slowly at... Read More
Trouble is brewing in the Western economies again. The U.S. economy is growing slowly at best, while the European economy is still contracting. European consumer confidence is still very low,... Read More