After nearly three years of extremely weak economic growth, the European Central Bank is finally... Read More

After nearly three years of extremely weak economic growth, the European Central Bank is finally delivering on Mario Draghi’s pledge to do “whatever it takes” to get the region back... Read More

After four decades trotting the globe in search of investing insights, Franklin Templeton’s... Read More

After four decades trotting the globe in search of investing insights, Franklin Templeton’s Mark Mobius has built a reputation as the “Dean of Emerging Markets.” Although Mobius... Read More

For four years I was a derivatives trader for a billion-dollar trading firm in Chicago. One... Read More

For four years I was a derivatives trader for a billion-dollar trading firm in Chicago. One important lesson I learned: pay attention to the biggest traders in the game. Professional traders go to... Read More

Based on this year’s 17% spike in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index, it seems investors have found a... Read More

Based on this year’s 17% spike in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index, it seems investors have found a home in European stocks. They’re especially enthused about the German market, which is... Read More

The European Central Bank (ECB) has finally joined the global bond-buying party with its 19-month... Read More

The European Central Bank (ECB) has finally joined the global bond-buying party with its 19-month program to inject more than $1.2 trillion into the region. The program calls for the central bank’s... Read More

#-ad_banner-#The commodity slump of the past few years, divergent growth rates between the United... Read More

#-ad_banner-#The commodity slump of the past few years, divergent growth rates between the United States and other developed economies and a sudden glut in crude oil have been dominating the... Read More

Six years after the collapse of global financial markets, it seems most countries missed their... Read More

Six years after the collapse of global financial markets, it seems most countries missed their invitation to the economic growth party. Massive monetary stimulus was supposed to jumpstart economies,... Read More

With interest rates near 0% and traditional income investments, like savings accounts and... Read More

With interest rates near 0% and traditional income investments, like savings accounts and certificates of deposits (CDs), earning next to nothing, blue-chip telecom stocks like AT&T (NYSE: T) and... Read More

Although memories of the Great Recession linger, a case can be made that better days lie ahead.... Read More

Although memories of the Great Recession linger, a case can be made that better days lie ahead. That’s because central banks around the world are pursuing bold stimulus measures. And the United... Read More

Volatility is heating up. Triple-digit moves in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are now an almost... Read More

Volatility is heating up. Triple-digit moves in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are now an almost everyday occurrence. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), popularly known as the stock market’s... Read More