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Could this Tiny Stock be the Next Big Thing? How much of your life do you remember? The answer is statistically around 0.001% - that’s if you have good memory! This is about to be changed by a Start-up company called LifeLogger ( Stock Quote: LOGG +3...
Unemployment falls to lowest level in 7 years The weather is warming up in America and so is the economy. U.S. unemployment fell to 5.3%, its lowest level since April 2008, according to the latest government data released Thursday...
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is to invest up to $10 billion in Russia within the next five years, in a move signalling a softening in relations between the two countries...
On Tuesday the greenback climbed to fresh 1-month highs against its peers, as demand for the safe-haven greenback remained underpinned ahead of a euro zone summit scheduled later in the day and aimed at restarting negotiations between Greece and its lenders...
Current trend The pair EUR/USD remains under the pressure as worries regarding Greek exit from the Eurozone grow. Today, an emergency EU leaders’ summit is held, where Greece is going to put ahead their proposals to get the financial aid. Country’s default possibility becomes stronger...
European stocks edged lower Tuesday, with investors awaiting the outcome of an impromptu summit of eurozone leaders at which Greece will once again face its European creditors. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, +0.00% erased an earlier loss and fell less than a point to 378.53. Germany’s DAX 30 DAX, -0...
Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom by Steve Sjuggerud Most people are only a few thousand dollars a month away from financial freedom. Financial freedom is not about millions of dollars in the bank--it's simply about generating investment income that exceeds your cost of living...
The Greek crisis is now hurting stocks that had been buoyed by the European Central Bank’s stimulus program in the first quarter...
The euro dipped for a second day against the dollar as finance ministers and leaders from the European Union gather to discuss Greece's fate...
"This was our most active year since the global financial crisis," said Lin Boon Heng, chairman of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek, noting that the company earned 30 billion Singapore dollars ($22 billion) in new investments, and a record S$19 billion ($14 billion) of divestments...
Hedge funds, which proved to be experts on getting the Treasury market wrong earlier this year, are becoming better at getting it right...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is counting on a change of style, if not necessarily substance, by turning to a longtime ally to seek a deal with creditors to keep his nation in the euro...
Analysts at INTL FCStone consider that the yellow metal could still gain some support from the uncertainty in Greece in the wake of the referendum at which Greeks rejected a measure on austerity. However, analysts at Barclays consider the traditional safe-haven will not benefit from it...
USD: Neutral "We see scope for USD to remain supported against most currencies in G10. Data over the past week has been strong, most notably consumer confidence. At the same time, the market has pushed back the timing of the first Fed hike due to uncertainty in Greece...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras heads into meetings with creditors with a fresh democratic mandate from the people of Greece. The stakes are high and the nation's problems vast...
On Tuesday the Australian dollar was weaker as the Reserve Bank of Australia left interest rates on hold. Fresh news from Greece spurred renewed concerns...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was given hours to come up with a plan to keep his country in the euro and stave off economic disaster as citizens suffer under a second week of capital controls...
Yesterday was a rather uneventful day considering the fireworks that were supposed to happen after Greece's historic NO vote. The euro pretty much shrugged it off. Stocks bounced off the lows. The only markets that really got whacked were crude oil and copper. For me, it was a lot of watching...
It’s an easy way to game the stock market, and getting easier by the day. With some deft maneuvers, hedge funds and Wall Street trading desks are reaping hundreds of millions at the expense of index mutual funds, the investments of choice for a growing number of ordinary Americans...
