EconoMonitor : The Wilder View » Linking Sovereign Risk to Corporate Credit Spreads in Europe
Linking Sovereign Risk to Corporate Credit Spreads in Europe Author: Rebecca Wilder · September 24th, 2011 · Comments (3) Financial firms in Europe and the US are hitting crisis mode, as…
Echoes of 2008: Here we go again | The Economist
Echoes of 2008 Here we go again The Europeans are pushing the global banking system to the edge Oct 8th 2011 | from the print edition YOU know something bad is going to happen in a horror film when…
How well are you Hedged?
Why should you hedge?. The answer is simple, you can secure profits long term if you limit your risk. To understand hedging you must first understand a basic but ignored concept that all investors…
Promising USA Employment Data
US employers added 103,000 jobs in September, a modest burst of hiring after a sluggish summer. Still, job growth remains too weak to lower the unemployment rate, which stayed at 9.1 percent for the…
Occupy Wall St, the start of a new protest era?
(Reuters) - When Paul Friedman met the rag-tag youth camped out near Wall Street to protest inequality in the American economy, he felt he was witnessing the start of a protest movement not seen in…
Fitch cuts Italy, Spain ratings, outlook negative
(Reuters) - Fitch on Friday cut Italy's sovereign credit rating by one notch and Spain's by two, citing a worsening of the euro zone debt crisis and a risk of fiscal slippage in both countries. Fitch…
World facing worst financial crisis in HISTORY IF NOT EVER, Bank of England Governor says | ValueWalk.com
World facing worst financial crisis in HISTORY IF NOT EVER, Bank of England Governor says October 6, 2011By Jacob Wolinsky The world is facing the worst financial crisis since at least the 1930s “if…
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., NYSE:GS Still a Strong Buy | Live Stock Trading News | Equities, Forex, Gold, Silver and Oil Trading
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., NYSE:GS Still a Strong BuyGoldman Sachs Group, Inc., NYSE:GS Still a Strong Buy according to Shayne Heffernan.U.S. banks have reason to think that regulators will put out a…
Corning Announces Increased Dividend and $1.5 Billion Stock Buyback
Corning Announces Increased Dividend and $1.5 Billion Stock Buyback CORNING, N.Y., October 05, 2011 – Corning Incorporated’s NYSE:GLW Board of Directors today declared a 50% increase in the company’s…
Investors Sing a New Tune—Wont Get Fooled Again - WSJ.com
Investors Sing a New Tune—Wont Get Fooled By SIMON CONSTABLE Now is not the time to let yourself be suckered into getting back into stocks.Sure, the markets had a couple of spectacular days last…