MADRID (MarketWatch) — The headaches besetting globally oriented investment managers are constant, but the pain essentially has two sources: Slow economic growth and the European sovereign debt crisis.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average has added more than 2,000 points since its October 2011 lows, a 21% gain. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is up nearly 250 points from its lows at the same time, a 22.5% advance. ...
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — The financially savvy are truly different from the rest of us. Know why? They get to use the tax code to their advantage in ways most other folks can’t or don’t or won’t.
Mention "socially responsible investing" and most people think of a stock-picking strategy that involves abstinence—that is, avoiding industries or companies whose ethical, environmental or governance practices fall short of certain ...
Japanese companies aren't investing in the future of the domestic economy. That's the take away from data Thursday on machinery orders – a key indicator of outlays for plant and equipment in coming quarters.
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The four nongovernmental organizations whose employees are under investigation in Egypt operate at least partly from U.S. government financing, and some have strong connections with Capitol Hill. A World News article Thursday incorrectly ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — With relics of American investing history framing them, some respected icons of the nation’s financial system told investors that a secure future comes from following what has worked in the past.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — With European officials moving to confront the continent’s massive debt crisis, investors who can stand the high-stakes drama might want to take a flier on European stocks, in the hope that the worst is over, ...
Investors on both sides of the Atlantic are nervously vacillating between worrying about rampant inflation and Japanese-style deflation. What they want is some way to protect themselves against both extremes. The question is: how?
The Investment Company Institute was incorrectly called the Investing Company Institute in some editions Tuesday in a front-page article on money-market regulation.
TOKYO—Fujifilm Holdings Corp. said it proposed investing in Olympus Corp., which is seeking a strategic partner to help shore up an eroded balance sheet.
Apple passed Microsoft in 2010. Exxon in 2011. Now it's worth more than Google and Microsoft combined. -- AppleInsider The bear case for Groupon -- Tech Insider
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs, Eric Schmidt of Google and Nicolas Berggruen of Berggruen Holdings, were on site in Newark, N.J., Thursday for the groundbreaking of Teachers Village, a mixed-use development that ...