Businomics Blog: Banks More Willing to Lend
Banks More Willing to Lend The latest data from the Federal Reserve Survey of Senior Loan Officers show that banks continue to loosen their credit standards and narrow their interest rate spreads on…
In Europe, Anxious Market Shifts Focus To Italy - NYTimes.com
For Markets in Europe, the Focus of Fear Moves to ItalyBy GRAHAM BOWLEYPublished: November 6, 2011 European efforts to solve a growing sovereign debt crisis have failed to quell market unease on the…
ETF Portfolio for a Low Interest Rate Slow Growth World
The rationale for this ETF portfolio is as follows: It delivers a 4.7% average yield and has returned 4.88% YTD just on the market appreciation alone. ETF Portfolio Delivers Income With…
Itron,…The Age of Deleveraging: Investment Strategies for a Decade of Slow Growth and Deflation
Gary Shilling's excellent book, The Age of Deleveragingpublished in May of 2010 predicted a future that has only become all too obvious to the world in the last few months. Conveniently for the…
Italy gives EU a post-party hangover - FT.com
Italy gives EU a post-party hangover By FT reporters Italy’s borrowing costs have climbed to euro-era highs just a day after European leaders agreed on a new plan to reverse the region’s spiralling…
CHART OF THE DAY: Serious Question: Does The Euro Even Care About What Happens In Europe?
CHART OF THE DAY: Serious Question: Does The Euro Even Care About What Happens In Europe? Joe Weisenthal and Eric Platt | Oct. 26, 2011, 3:53 PM | 301 | 4 The more we look at US markets the…
Pension Pulse: State of Injustice?
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011 State of Injustice? Ekathimerini reports, EU deal will need a big majority: A new bailout for Greece, currently being hammered out by European Union leaders as part of a…
My Dogs of the Dow
I like this approach in this market and going to tweak this with option writes. I decided to drag out a popular investment idea, Dogs of the Dow, and take a new look at it based on my belief that…
Coal Miners a Must Own HKG:1088, NYSE:YZC, ASX:GCL | Live Stock Trading News | Equities, Forex, Gold, Silver and Oil Trading
Coal Miners a Must Own HKG:1088, NYSE:YZC, ASX:GCL Banpu, China Shenhua Energy Company Limited, HKG:1088, Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. (ADR), NYSE:YZC, Gloucester Coal Limited , ASX:GCL Utility companies…