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Like mini-skirts and flared trousers, some fashions have a habit of coming back, even if never quite like the original. Could it be the turn again of euro convergence funds? Such funds, enabling investors to buy into the bonds or shares of countries

GOLDMAN: It's Time To Position For A Big Upward Move In The Euro For the past few months, Goldman Sachs has had a problematic trade on its hands. On October 22, 2012, the bank's currency strategists recommended clients go long the euro against the

The world is changing, and nowhere can that be seen better than in a good series of charts. Luckily, despite the relative shortage of market-moving headlines, we've seen no shortage of excellent charts this week. The best charts we found this week

The U.S. is currently coming down from mid-cycle in the business cycle and will likely stay that way, provided that debt ceiling discussions go smoothly. This is according to Lisa Emsbo-Mattingly, an economist at Fidelity Investments. This means that

David P. Kelly, chief global strategist at JP Morgan Funds and his team have published the latest quarterly Guide To The Markets. As investors head into the first quarter, Kelly and his team put together charts that look at the long-term trends in

To Philip Horn, the Braemar Country Club was not just a golf course, it was an extension of his office. Most weeks, Mr. Horn, a financial adviser at Wells Fargo, chatted up potential clients between holes at the upscale club set against the backdrop

SAN FRANCISCO — The attackers hit one American bank after the next. As in so many previous attacks, dozens of online banking sites slowed, hiccupped or ground to a halt before recovering several minutes later. But there was something disturbingly

Talks to avoid a fiscal crisis appeared to stall on Wednesday as President Barack Obama accused Republicans of digging in their heels due to a personal grudge against him, while a top Republican called the president "irrational." As the clock ticks