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BusinessWeek
May 8, 2008
Peter Coy |
The Slump: It's a Guy Thing Men, concentrated in the weakest sectors, are losing jobs in this downturn, while women make gains.   |
BusinessWeek
May 8, 2008
Ben Levisohn |
Stocks: Three Pros, Three Scenarios Three market experts - a bull, a bear, and an unabashed hybrid of the two - for their take on what's around the corner. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2008
James Cooper |
Now, It's Services vs. Recession With manufacturing and construction on the ropes, service industries are helping to rally the U.S. economy, but the going's getting tougher. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2008
David Lee Smith |
4 Reasons Housing Can't Recover Quickly This housing mess will take longer to right itself than its predecessors. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Is This Bloodbath Over Yet? We've had our fair share of trying times in years past, but this time around might prove a bit more dire than previous bouts. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Microsoft's Cold Feet A quick look at last week's economic news. Are things actually better than the bearish believe, or is this just the eye of the economic storm? Regardless, one thing looks certain: Consumers are in the mood for a superhero. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Todd Wenning |
A Rice Cartel? The week in world stock market news. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
This Week in Banking Many of the nation's banks are still coping with deteriorating balance sheets while the economy seems to be avoiding recession. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
This Week in the Economy This week's bad economic news is good news because it's not even worse. But it sure seems like we're a long way from a strong economy. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
Stan Luxenberg |
Currency Plays For The Retail Set At a time when most experts expect the dollar to keep sinking, the Dodge & Cox fund is using futures to bet that the U.S. currency will rise. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2008
Peter Coy |
The Fed May Have More Cutting to Do Despite back-to-back quarters of positive - though paltry - growth, the U.S. economy remains shaky. |
CFO
May 1, 2008
Kate O'Sullivan |
Top 10 Concerns of CFOs CFOs don't lack for worries as the credit markets continue to create uncertainty. |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2008
David Lee Smith |
The Market Can't Handle Skyrocketing Energy Prices How will the markets recover with energy prices going up, up, up? |
BusinessWeek
April 30, 2008
James Cooper |
The Fed Plans to Rest, but It Can't Relax Its quarter-point cut and wait-and-see stance appear prudent. Yet the credit crunch limits the effect of past rate reductions, and more mortgage-related stress remains a threat. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Bernanke's Done, Finally Stocks and the economy shouldn't expect any more help from the Fed. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Going Global Now While the initial impact of the credit crunch hit fixed-income markets the hardest, the longer-term effects have extended into world equity markets in the form of a substantial correction. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Frank E. Holmes |
Where The Growth Is: Infrastructure The subprime debt and derivatives crisis that has wreaked so much havoc at home has also buckled the knees of international markets. So what's a global-minded investor to do? |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Craig L. Israelsen |
Mega Protection The performance of U.S. stocks in 2007 resembled, to a surprising degree, the performance of stocks in 2000 -- a year widely perceived as a bear market. One big difference, however, was the performance of mega-cap stocks. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
Nowhere to Hide During the first three months of 2008 the market saw its worst quarter since 2002, with only a few funds that had minimal loss. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Blake Moore |
Green Attitude Research shows that clients want to put their green into companies that are developing products and services for a greener world, and they want financial advisors to guide them. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Marion Asnes |
Good Times, Bad Times Every time I play the pessimist about the markets I turn out to be wrong. I've spoken to some very savvy people who see in today's turmoil an opportunity to invest. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Bernanke, Greenspan, and a Village of Idiots Let's not forget there's plenty of blame to go around for the housing price bubble and consumer spending frenzy. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008
Beth Piskora |
A Healthy Portfolio? Healthcare has traditionally been thought of as a defensive sector, since even when economic conditions get bad, people will still take care of their health. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2008
Todd Wenning |
Indian Tigers Cower; the Euro Hits a High Note A look back at the week's stock market news from Asia, Europe, and Latin America. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2008
Morgan Housel |
This Week in the Economy The weekly economic roundup: Rate cuts searching for a bottom... Economic stimulus plan... $4 gallon gasoline... Employment's looking up... |
BusinessWeek
April 24, 2008
Emily Thornton |
The Midas of Misery Vulture investors are a changing breed. The new opportunists, with Harbinger's Phil Falcone in the vanguard, have more clout and more imagination. And they just might kick-start the economy. |
BusinessWeek
April 24, 2008
Maria Bartiromo |
Report from the Mideast's Booming Young Economies While the economic conversation in the U.S. is largely about the slowdown, the city-states of Dubai, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi, once obscure and exotic, are in the throes of a game-changing boom. |
BusinessWeek
April 23, 2008
James Cooper |
The Inflation Debate Grows Louder The Fed appears to be done with aggressive rate-cutting. Now the question is whether the weak economy will keep prices in check. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Your Next Four-Bagger: Rice Due to a current rice and grain shortage Wal-Mart's Sam's Club has limited rice purchases to four bags at a time. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 23, 2008
Dwight Crane |
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations U.S. Treasury recommendations for strengthening the regulation of the financial system are a good start but fall short, says Harvard Business School professor emeritus Dwight B. Crane. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Let's Nationalize the Airlines! For all of the blunders airlines have made the inescapable truth is that we travelers are paying less than we did six years ago. Yet per-barrel oil prices are up more than 300% over the same period. What can be done about this? |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2008
Bill Mann & Tim Hanson |
We've Got Your Back, Bernanke There are several irresponsible assumptions in the recent criticism of Fed chief Ben Bernanke. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008
James J. Green |
How's It Playing in Peoria? Several recent measures of advisor and client sentiments portray a significant lack of confidence in both the current state and the near-term outlook for the markets and the economy. |
Global Services
April 21, 2008 |
Offshoring Trend May Reverse Clyde Prestowitz, noted economist, spoke about the asymmetries in the economics of the globalized world, and the impact of American economy and the sliding dollar on the global services industry |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Automakers Rev-up for Hiring Blitz Attrition and production increases should boost auto employment demand. |
FAO Today
Mar/Apr 2008
Peggy Cope |
Department Statistics & Studies: 2007: Was it a Good Year for FAO? Some Say Yes. Nelson-Hall's business process outsourcing Index reported gains for the industry overall, with some good news for the finance and accounting segment. |
HRO Today
April 2008
Michael Beygelman |
Public Sector Remains Buoyant Employment by governments, nonprofits, and other organizations shows more resiliency than the overall market. |
Reason
April 2008
Nick Gillespie |
Soundbite: Monkeys and Money Michael Shermer's new book, The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics, seeks to explain "how evolution shaped the modern economy and why people are so irrational about money." |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
The Bear Facts Are bear markets getting smaller? Take a look at these figures. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
It's All Greenspan's Fault A conversation with William Fleckenstein, whose book, Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance At The Federal Reserve, was recently published by McGraw-Hill. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Stone et al. |
Back to Basics The exchange rate regime has a big impact on world trade and financial flows, thereby making it a central piece of any national economic policy framework. |
Financial Advisor
April 2008
Jeff Schlegel |
Carnival For Investors Brazil vaults to the top spot on the MSCI Emerging Markets index as the biggest emerging market opportunity in the world. |
Financial Advisor
April 2008
Gregory Bresiger |
Life Of The Party William Fleckenstein, hedge fund manager and author, asserts that Alan Greenspan's easy-money policies caused two bubbles, resulting in stock market and real estate crashes. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2008
Helbling et al. |
Riding a Wave Soaring commodity prices -- especially those of oil, nickel, tin, corn, and wheat -- has brought a sea change to the commodities landscape. Trade policies should be adjusted for better efficiency. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Natalia Tamirisa |
Climate Change and the Economy Policies to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases need not hobble the economy. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Jones et al. |
Paying for Climate Change Governments must manage the incentives for households and firms to counter and adapt to climate change. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Paul Mills |
The Greening of Markets Financial markets can play a valuable role in addressing climate change. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Wang & Bio-Tchane |
Africa's Burgeoning Ties with China Africa and China have been trading partners for centuries. But in recent years, the level and intensity of their relationship have increased dramatically. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
David T. Coe |
Jobs on Another Shore Outsourcing of service jobs to other countries could affect industrial countries' economies and attitudes toward globalization. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Laura Wallace |
From the Editor With prices for oil, nickel, tin, corn, and wheat hitting record highs in recent months, it's time to ask just how long this boom will last and how economies will fare. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Prakash Loungani |
People in Economics An interview with Stanford University's John Taylor, one of the most honored macroeconomists of our time. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Lorcan Lyons |
Picture This The global energy system is on an increasingly unsustainable path. Stronger policies that encourage greater energy efficiency, as well as greater use of renewable energy and nuclear power, would make a major contribution. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
John Odling-Smee |
Book Reviews Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods, is the new book by Barry Eichengreen, a leader in the field of international monetary history. The theme of this compact and engrossing book is that history suggests that the current situation is unlikely to last for long. |
Finance & Development
March 2008 |
Country Focus South Africa is currently seeing its longest expansion, thanks in part to sound policies. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Simon Johnson |
Straight Talk: Inside Risks When financial turmoil has major effects, credit derivatives provide useful early warnings for the macroeconomy. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 27, 2008
Katherine Burger |
The Pains of the Global Credit Crunch Are Particularly Acute in New York The future of New York as a financial center in the context of the current financial market turmoil is discussed. |
Investment Advisor
April 2008 |
Retail Investors Aren't the Problem People always say it's the retail investor who panics, but today, it seems to be the institutions. |
MyBusiness
Apr/May 2008
Bill Dunkelberg |
Leading Indicators The Index of Small Business Optimism is signaling the start of a recessionary period starting in the second quarter. |
Bank Technology News
April 1, 2008
Holly Sraeel |
Analyze This: Greed Is Never A Good Thing Unlike the mantra of Douglas's character in the film Wall Street, greed has proven to be anything but good for anyone. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Prognosis: Mixed Healthcare stocks do tend to outperform in a weak economy. But lackluster drug pipelines and other pressures mean that the traditional definition of this industry as a refuge may not be as true as in the past. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2008
John R. Engen |
The Big Shakeout M&A remains a part of the fabric of the financial industry, no matter what the economy has in store. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2008
Gary R. Crum |
The Subprime Spiral Mortgage losses and a weakening credit market became Topic A in 2007. How can banks stem the tide and even capitalize on the current environment in the months ahead? |
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