Mexico is a land of great opportunity, led by a being a land of great risk. So what are investors supposed to think when the Bank of Mexico cuts its ... Read Full Story »
Worldwide gold demand in 2012 was another record high of $236.4 billion in the World Gold Council's latest report. This was up 6% in value terms in the fourth quarter ... Read Full Story »
In an effort to meet their rising debt obligations, central banks around the globe have been printing money at a frantic pace. This phenomena is also leading to a global battle ... Read Full Story »
Europe finally has a central banking authority, a move that many politicians and economists believe will help pull the region out of its financial crisis. It is hard to argue ... Read Full Story »
When we look at the most recent findings from the World Gold Council (WGC), the most obvious take is that ETFs and India keep gold demand higher in the third ... Read Full Story »
Weak macroeconomic data drove central banks’ monetary policy during the third quarter, and those policies drove the world’s demand for gold, according to the latest report from the World Gold ... Read Full Story »
A consensus has begun to emerge that there be one budget for the entire eurozone. The region's finance ministers will meet shortly. However, it is difficult to imagine why Germany, ... Read Full Story »
In the latest in a string of multi-billion-dollar acquisitions in the U.S. health care sector, Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) has agreed to buy competitor Coventry Health Care Inc. (NYSE: CVH) ... Read Full Story »
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning as the Bank of England left interest rates alone (our coverage here) and the European Central Bank (ECB) did the ... Read Full Story »
Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, wants European Central Bank monetary policy to focus on price stability, in keeping with the ECB’s single mandate to keep inflation at or below 2%. ... Read Full Story »
Stocks are looking for direction as Fed Chairman Bernanke is testifying on Capitol Hill. This is also on the back of fresh weakness in the markets. We are tracking the ... Read Full Story »
A number of the G20 nations have signaled that their central banks will do what is necessary to keep credit markets liquid so that capital is available to keep the ... Read Full Story »
This is a rumor, panic, and euphoria market right now. There is chatter that the European banking entities are prepared to offer a coordinated move of assistance if the Greek elections ... Read Full Story »
Shares of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) are getting hammered in the pre-market this morning following an unusually direct instruction from the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to expand the Credit ... Read Full Story »
The best countries for entrepreneurs do not necessarily have the biggest economies. In fact, based on a new report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, four of the ... Read Full Story »