Santa Claus: Taking His Name in Vain

by Mark Hulbert, Yahoo Finance, Commentary: What does the ‘Santa Claus Rally’ mean, really? Will the real Santa Claus Rally […]

Emerging markets: the risks are increasing

By Prieur du Plessis, Emerging-market equity prices as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Free Index are primarily driven by […]

Active ETFs: The Next Big Thing or the Next Big Bust?

By SHERYL NANCE-NASH, Daily Finance, When actively managed exchange-traded funds emerged two years ago, many thought they were destined to […]

A Forecast That Obama Could Love

By JEFF SOMMER, NY Times, THINGS are looking up for Barack Obama. You might not think so, given the flow […]

Harvard MBAs Are Rushing to Wall Street Again. Yikes!

Daniel Gross, Yahoo Finance Investors swear by market indicators. Some, like Jeff Hirsch of the Stock Trader’s Almanac, place their […]

Are Google Searches Affecting the Stock Market?

By Catherine Mayer A joint study by academics in Germany and the U.S. sheds new — and disturbing — light […]

How the new Congress could affect stocks in 2011

By David K. Randall, AP Business Writer, Investors haven’t seen political, economic conditions like this before. What to look for […]

Goldman: The Dollar Needs To Fall Much, Much Further

By Vincent Fernando, CFA, Business Insider Forget about hyperinflation, a falling dollar might not even cause moderate inflation in the […]

‘Future Shock’ team issues predictions for next 40 years

By Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY Information overload. Power shifts. Rate of change. Digital revolution. Knowledge age. It has been […]

10 & 1/2 Thriving Trends of 2010

We read the reports. Sifted the data. Nagged insiders until they gave up the goods. Now, here’s the result: 1. […]