By Matthew Gertken and Jennifer Richmond, Stratfor, Beijing has become noticeably more anxious than usual in recent months, launching one […]
ETFs can present pricing problems
By Jessica Toonkel When Tom Lydon switched from working solely with mutual funds to using exchange-traded funds in 2000, […]
What if S&P’s wake-up call works?
Money managers worry that tough deficit cutting could derail nation’s fragile recovery By Jeff Benjamin Notwithstanding ho-hum reactions from bond […]
The 10 Best Stocks for Blue Gold
By Dan Dzombak, Motley Fool, For the past hundred years, oil has been the kingmaker among nations; whoever had it […]
Gold and currencies: an historical perspective
By David Levenstein, Gold was money long before currencies came into the fray but a look at how the world […]
U.S. Should Value Greed, Not Need
Margaret Thatcher famously quipped , “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” But […]
Commodities and the global economy after QE2 – Simon Hunt
By Simon Hunt, Simon Hunt says, 2012 will see a new round of money printing by the Fed resulting in […]
Innovation, Espionage, and Chinese Technology Policy
Innovation, Espionage, and Chinese Technology Policy Prepared statement by Adam Segal Ira A. Lipman Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and […]
More Foreigners Snapping Up Foreclosed Property
By Jonathan Beer, 247 wall st site, Foreigners purchased about $41 billion worth of residential property in 2010, accounting or […]
OXSTONE FOOD FOR THOUGHT – April 2011 – Real Estate Commentary
By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, CEO, & Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstone Capital Management Recently, many prominent investors have sounded the […]