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Beginning of the End of the Entire Crisis?

Commentary: Some real estate ETFs recently hit 52-week highs. The time to buy is when the blood is running the […]

Hedge-Fund Investors Scout Out Web Firms

By SPENCER E. ANTE, WSJ, Spurred by their appetite for technology companies and seeking higher returns, a growing number of […]

Riskier Loans Make a Comeback, as Private Firms Take the Field

by AnnaMaria Andriotis, WSJ, After years as the lending market’s undesirables, aspiring home buyers with less-than-stellar credit are being offered […]

Hugo Salinas Price and Michael Pettis on the Trade Imbalance Dilemma; Gold’s Honest Discipline Revisited

By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets gets to the heart of the trade imbalance issue […]

S&P warns it may downgrade US credit rating

Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer, On Thursday July 14, 2011, 9:34 pm EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Credit rating agency Standard […]

Open Architecture 401(k) Provider Releases First-Of-Its-Kind All-In Fee Calculation

“Personalized Expense Ratio” Combines Fees Paid with Investment Expenses to Present Complete Plan Cost to Advisors, Plan Sponsors, and Participants […]

It’s important to know what IRA options are available

By THOMAS TILLEMAN, Waddell & Reed | 0 comments One may become the recipient of assets in a variety of […]

Bad Advice for Younger Generations

By Tim Maurer, The Street, HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TheStreet) — I read a Wall Street Journal article recently by a […]

Beryllium…Still Sexy

By Byron King, for The Daily Reckoning, The market for Rare Earths is completely out of whack. It’s due to […]

Best Currency Forecasters Say Dollar Slump Over

arth Theunissen and Allison Bennett, On Monday July 11, 2011, 1:56 am EDT The best currency forecasters say the dollar’s […]