The U.S. dollar is trading at a 12-year high against the euro and 8-year high versus the Japanese yen. In many respects, it is a sign that the American economy is healthier than the European one, as well as many others around the globe. While the euro is currently worth about $1...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has never resorted to sovereign QE at the height of the global financial crisis - unlike its U.S., U.K. and Japanese peers...
Barclays bank's analysts, who examined the company's 98-page regulatory filing, found obstacles in the celebrated electric-car maker’s path which show that things are far from perfection...
Weekly digest compiles the latest news from the world of stocks and finance, currency and commodity news, as well as interesting informative articles for traders. Top news of the week: Currency wars threaten new crises...
Еженедельный дайджест - это последние новости из мира экономики и финансов, валютные и сырьевые прогнозы, а также интересные статьи для трейдеров из самых авторитетных источников. Новость недели: Инвестиции в Россию - за и против...
Warren Buffett’s 50th annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder discussions included useful tips for individual investors. 1. A stock is never a piece of paper, but a business...
The strong franc hurts Swiss companies, as it made their products more expensive in foreign markets and reduced the franc value of repatriated earnings. Bühler AG, which makes industrial food-processing machines in northeast Switzerland, exemplifies the problem...
Despite all factors making Russia utterly unpopular among investors - like a raft of sanctions, plunging currency, junk status from ratings agencies - MarketWatch columnist reflects on why it is high time to invest in Russia...
Weekly digest compiles the latest news from the world of stocks and finance, currency and commodity news, as well as interesting informative articles for traders. Top news of the week: Europe's economic gloom dispelled...
Еженедельный дайджест - это последние новости из мира экономики и финансов, валютные и сырьевые прогнозы, а также интересные статьи для трейдеров из самых авторитетных источников. Новость недели: Девальвация рубля - панацея для экономики и бизнеса...
It is hard to overestimate effect of austerity measures over Portugal. On the one hand, many economists, including authorities, are saying the worst is over...
In the times when the gold standard was being used, the US dollar was associated with gold. During that time, the value of a unit of currency was linked with a specific amount of gold...
Еженедельный дайджест - это последние новости из мира экономики и финансов, валютные и сырьевые прогнозы, а также интересные статьи для трейдеров из самых авторитетных источников. Новость недели: Что держит рубль на плаву в феврале и продолжит ли он укрепляться...
This has never happened in the history before - no one has ever left the European Union yet. And Greece and its European partners hardly want this outcome...
In a new report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research warned that it sees a “non-negligible” risk that China’s government will surprise the market by slashing the value of its currency...
In the aftermath of the report showing Britain's inflation has fallen to 0.5%, we should again ask ourselves whether inflation is good or bad for an ordinary consumer...