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Brazil REITs’ Record Returns Lure Yield-Hungry: Mortgages

By Cristiane Lucchesi, Bloomberg, Sales of Brazilian funds that invest in real estate and mortgage securities doubled this year to […]

Derivatives: The Unregulated Global Casino for Banks

SHORT STORY: Pick something of value, make bets on the future value of “something”, add contract & you have a […]

Vanguard sets record with customer inflows of $130 billion

By Aaron Pressman (Reuters) – Vanguard Group said customers had invested $130.4 billion in its mutual and exchange-traded funds during […]

Economic Growth–Great for Everyone but Investors?

By Alex Bryan | Morningstar By 2050 the world’s population is projected to reach 9 billion, up from 7 billion today. Nearly all […]

Mark Zandi’s 2013 Outlook: Strong Housing, Modest Growth, Average Job Creation

By Morgan Korn, Daily Ticker- The U.S. economy grew at a 3.1% annual rate in the third-quarter, more than previous […]

Cocoa to Rice Woos Kuwait to Asia’s $2 Trillion: Islamic Finance

By Dahlia Kholaif, Bloomberg, Kuwait China Investment Co. (KCIC), part owned by the Persian Gulf nation’s sovereign-wealth fund, wants to […]

Housing Next Year: Prices Will Rise

By: Diana Olick   Home prices will continue to rise, anywhere from 5 to 7 percent in 2013 from 2012. […]

Housing’s Repo Man Is Back

By: Diana Olick   The good news is that overall foreclosure activity continues to fall and a decline in new […]

Best US Housing Markets for Buyers and Sellers

By: Diana Olick As the overall housing recovery gains steam, local market divergences are growing wider. That is because one […]

Purple Palace Abandoned Shows China Shadow-Banking Risk

Niu Dianqing stopped his motorbike at a construction site in China’s Inner Mongolia one morning last month. The front door […]