Market Overview

The euro traded steadily on Thursday morning after eurozone GDP data confirmed speculation that the 17 nation bloc finally exited its longest ever recession. The common currency traded at $1.3291 in...

The Nikkei lost nearly two percent and other Asian markets were quiet as investors are trying to figure out when the United States will start to reduce its monetary stimulus program.Economic numbers...

Housing starts are expected to total 882,000 in Friday’s update for July, based on The Capital Spectator's average econometric forecast (seasonally adjusted annual rate). The projection...

Futures Lower After Cisco Earnings, Weaker DollarU.S. equity futures traded slightly lower in early pre-market trade following some weak guidance from Cisco (CSCO) for the upcoming quarter and as the...

I would ask yourself how to implement value investing in an era where debt is no longer expanding. Arguably an era where inflation is increasing (albeit from a low starting point).A few years ago,...

EDHEC-Risk has posted a fascinating new paper about credit risk in infrastructure investment. The paper, co-authored by Frédéric Blanc-Brude, and Omneia R. H. Ismail, speaks to a public...

J.C. Penney (JCP) announced today that activist investor Bill Ackman was resigning from its Board of Directors after a tumultuous time for the embattled retailer. The Company said that Ronald Tysoe,...

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown unemployment in the UK dropped slightly in June. However, despite the fact 4,000 people fewer are now unemployed, this still...

Today's release of the July Producer Price Index (PPI) for finished goods shows no change month-over-month, seasonally adjusted, in Headline inflation Investing.com had posted a MoM consensus forecast...

The U.S. stock market fell for most of Wednesday's trading session, finishing near its worst levels of the day. The Dow shed more than 100 points, while the S&P and Nasdaq recorded relatively...

The yield on the 10-Year Treasury Note closed just off an interim high at 2.73% on August 2nd, which was the start date for the latest Wall Street Journal survey of economists (August 2-6). With the...

FORECASTSTOCKS: The world economy is muddling through: the US payroll tax increase and “sequestration” are headwinds to the US economy; China is being pressured by Japan, and both the US...

Within 72 hours, the Boston Globe ($70 million) and the Washington Post ($250 million) were sold for $320 million, each representing a small fraction of its value as recently as 10 years ago. ...