Who will be the movers and shakers affecting the financial services industry in 2011?
Lost in the policy debate surrounding the elections and the subsequent demonization of the Fed's Quantitative Easing policies has been any recognition of <u>why</u> we no longer live on Ronald Reagan's shining hill or <u>how</u> we might possibly reclaim higher ground
Officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission are considering setting limits on computer-trading algorithms — and may choose to require broker-dealers to monitor their orders — in the wake of the May 6 flash crash.
Stocks rose, copper and gold climbed to all-time highs and Treasuries fell after President Barack Obama agreed to extend tax cuts, offsetting concern that Europe's debt crisis will spread further.
Despite the stock market's recent strong performance, valuations remain generally attractive — but uncertainty abounds, according to Tom Ognar — manager of the $2.4 billion Wells Fargo Advantage Growth Fund Ticker:(SGROX).
Doom-and-gloom bunch miss out on large-cap rally; S&P 500 up nearly 10% in 2010
They bought stocks. Lots of stocks. And they don't plan on letting up anytime soon.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index may rally as much as 16 percent in the next six months because yesterday's election will stymie legislative initiatives in Congress, billionaire investor Kenneth Fisher said.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sold stakes in Home Depot Inc. and CarMax Inc. and cut its holding of Nike Inc. as the billionaire replaced a retiring investment manager and built the company's cash holdings.
In a wide-open pursuit of investment yield, stocks are trumping bonds, according to Mark Freeman, manager of the WHG Income Opportunity Fund Ticker:(WHGIX).
IT industry jumps ahead of banks in total payouts to shareholders 'excess cash'
Computer and software shares have slumped to the lowest valuations in two decades, a sign to Barclays Wealth and UBS AG they will rebound as Standard & Poor's 500 Index companies start spending their record cash.
Growing dissatisfaction among conservatives and independents with President Barack Obama before this year's midterm elections is good news for stock investors if history is any guide.
Bob Doll, the vice chairman and chief equity strategist at Blackrock, sat down with InvestmentNews to offer his thoughts on the direction of the global markets, as well as interest rates, over the next several weeks and for the remainder of 2010.
The second quarter opened up with high hopes and generally positive expectations for the remainder of the year. As noted last quarter, there was a wide variety of opinions on the strength of the recovery but a strong majority believed a recovery was in fact under way.
Important metrics of economic activity are slowing rapidly.
Once again, disappointing economic data caused stock markets to sag last week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.6% to 11,952, the S&P 500 Index declining 2.2% to 1,271 and the Nasdaq Composite dropping 3.3% to 2,644. Investors also witnessed a rebound in the US dollar, a rally in bonds and a rise in oil prices.
The number of U.S. stocks in Berkshire's $51 billion stock portfolio slipped to 33 as of March 31, compared with 39 a year earlier and 37 in 2008. Here are some of the notable reductions —and eliminations— Berkshire's portfolio.
Traxis Partners LLC's Barton Biggs sold almost all his U.S. technology shares last week.
