Author: Willem Weytjens

Investigators have determined what happened to nearly all of the customer money that disappeared from MF Global around the time of its bankruptcy last Oct. 31, but have not publicly disclosed their progress, fearing that doing...

I have been very unequivocal about my view of Housing market — its not anywhere people should be expecting ordinary year over year price appreciation. As the recent Case Shiller data shows, this is still a market where...

The U.S. budget deficit will shrink this year to $1.1 trillion, theCongressional Budget Office said today in a report sure to inflame the election-year debate over the government shortfall. The deficit, which would be down from...

In January 1912, the United States emerged from a two-year recession. Nineteen more followed–along with a century of phenomenal economic growth. Americans in real terms are 700% wealthier today. In hindsight it seems...

On Friday in Davos, I interviewed Harvard professor Niall Ferguson, who has been very vocal in recent years about how the world is careening down an unsustainable path. Unless countries get control of their ballooning debts,...

It’s three months past bankruptcy. Do you know where your MF Global Holdings Ltd. money is? Neither does the firm. But for everyone who doesn’t have an MF Global account, can you really be sure that the brokerage...

Concerns that Greece’s delay in striking a deal with private creditors could infect other European economies brought unwelcome attention to Portugal, where borrowing costs Monday pushed into euro-era highs. Other euro...