Markets

There seem to be some weak and also some fairly good correlations between foreclosures and unemployment. However, there are likely be housing bubble factors as well.

Investors and policy makers alike are befuddled by the yen. Its strength continues to defy the traditional explanatory models that typically give a privileged position to risk appetite, interest rate differentials, or external positions.…

Highlights The US dollar has recouped a good part of yesterday’s losses as the choppy range trading that has characterized recent trading continues.  Despite a string of poor economic data, pointing to stronger deflation forces and…

Next week, which may be considered one of the most important weeks of the year, brings a host of important events and data releases that many investors have been waiting for. The week technically kicks off tomorrow when the US reports 3Q…

By Jeff Clark, Senior Editor, BIG GOLD We once had an ongoing series in BIG GOLD called, "1001 Reasons to Own Gold." The idea was that there were so many valid reasons to own the metal that I wanted to track and report on them.…

Nationwide Building Society reported a fall of 0.7% in British house prices in October, furthering the double dip in the UK housing market. According to the figures released this morning, the smoother three-month average decline accelerated…

Highlights The US dollar is weaker across the board today, but largely confined to yesterday’s trading ranges.  Short-term participants are getting chopped up while long-term investors seem to have adjusted their positions and…

By Vedran Vuk A friend of mine met an interesting real estate investor recently. The guy claimed that he escaped the entire market crash relatively unscathed. At first, I didn’t really believe it, but his strategy made a lot of sense. I…

Bob Janjuah, co-head of cross-asset allocation strategy at Nomura International Plc, discusses the outlook for the global economy. Janjuah, speaking with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack," also talks about…

(Chris Wood filling in for David Galland) Dear Reader, Stock buybacks have been in the news a lot lately. Sitting on piles of cash and too nervous to invest in new workers or plant and equipment, many companies have started to deploy…