Despite the rally in Treasuries, Peter Fisher, who oversees $1 trillion in fixed income for Blackrock, says it’s not time just yet to talk of a bubble. In an interview with Henny Sender, FT’s International Financial...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Dian Chu, market analyst, trader and author of the Economic Forecasts and Opinions blog.Crude oil has been trading within the range of $75-$80 for the fourth consecutive week, with investors...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Asha Bangalore, vice president and economist of The Northern Trust Company.The worst of the financial crisis is history, but the U.S. economy is still struggling to establish self-sustained...
Read MoreSource: Bruce Beattie, Comics.com, July 31, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreBill Gross, co-founder and co-CIO of PIMCO, is to my mind one of the shrewdest money men around. His monthly newsletter, this month entitled “Privates Eyes”, therefore always makes for thought-provoking reading.Here are a few...
Read MoreOn a year-ago basis the US economy grew at it fastest pace in the second quarter this year since the first quarter of 2005. Year-on-year growth accelerated from an adjusted 2.39% in the first quarter to 3.17%. This was in line...
Read MoreA new study by economists Mark Zandi and Alan Blinder showed the U.S. government’s nearly $800 billion economic stimulus and the Wall Street bailout likely steered the American economy away from another depression. Jeffrey Brown...
Read MoreFlash data released by the European Commission for July are surprising on the upside. The Economic Sentiment Index came in at 101.3 compared to 99.0 in June – the highest level since May 2008. The increase in confidence was...
Read MoreWhile the Nomura/JMMA Purchasing Managers Index for July continues to signal expansion in Japan’s manufacturing sector, the Index fell for the second consecutive month to 52.8%. According to Markit, the rate of expansion in...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Rebecca Wilder, author of the of the News N Economics blog.Consumer confidence: that extremely coincident, but often cited as leading consumer spending indicator of really just job growth...
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