Great article about state pension problems in regards to private equity investments, by Robert Huebscher CEO of http://advisorperspectives.com. Reprinted here with permission. State finances are in tr...

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Economy blamed for drop in births

If it's true that sex is one of the best forms of free entertainment in a recession, the folks taking it to heart must be using protection - the nation's birthrate has dropped to what may be the lowes...

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It's getting ugly out there. So ugly that Paul Krugman is renewing his call for more government stimulus. And based on the darkening picture for the US ...

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This can be explained that SBV believes that this tension of the forex market will quickly ease. The waves of US dollar price increases in July were blamed on intense psychological factors of t...

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Safe Haven No Longer?

Fundamentals Gold bugs may not want to hear this, but Gold futures appear to be losing their longer-term bullish momentum, with the lead month August futures falling to 12-week lows. Some traders̵...

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China’s Currency Move A Success

When the Chinese government changed its currency policy last month to allow appreciation of the renminbi (Rmb), skeptics like New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called the move a lame ploy to plac...

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Blame Volatility on Summer Doldrums, Not Deflation

The U.S. economy is no longer the world's largest consumer of commodities; they're no longer the world's largest auto purchaser; they constitute 6% of the world's population.5 Vote(s) ...

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Central banks start to abandon the US dollar

There's mounting evidence that central bankers have little faith in the greenback these days. Can we blame them?27 Vote(s) ...

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Wal-Mart often gets criticized for driving small, downtown merchants out of business, who find it hard to compete against the giant retailer’s “everyday low prices,” although it woul...

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$900 Million Up In Flames For G-20 Security

The Group of 20 met in Canada this weekend, in large part to discuss the global economic crisis.7 Vote(s) ...

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