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CIA World FactbookSocial unrest has been growing in Turkey, and with it about 10% of the value of the local…
ThinkstockMore and more, the American consumer is finding it easier to pay for purchases. From online ordering to smartphone apps…
The bull market appears to still be alive and well for equities, but the risk of rising interest rates is…
thinkstockNational Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG) had a lot of investors looking at Web-based quoting systems confused this week.…
ThinkstockWith the recent spike in long-term interest rates acting as a proxy for rising short rates, investors need to be…
ThinkstockThe financial crisis in Europe is supposed to be getting better, and with it sovereign and bank balance sheets are supposed to…
ThinkstockThere is an old saying: “High prices will rapidly cure higher prices.” The same may be true about higher bond…
ThinkstockSLM Corp. (NASDAQ: SLM) is about to migrate yet even further away from the Sallie Mae that you used to…
Is the Treasury market finally living up to its threat as the next big short? The money that was made…
ThinkstockTuesday may have seen a weak Chicago Fed report, but the Conference Board has released a more-current reading measuring consumer…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe New York Stock Exchange is showing something that we would be more concerned about than…
It has been hard to ignore the rise in bond yields on the longer end of the Treasury curve in…
thinkstockInvestors have had time to know and prepare for a capital raise of sorts from the National Bank of Greece…
courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveWe have already seen Ben Bernanke testify to Congress today and the aim was to push back…
The news flow around J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and Jamie Dimon has overshadowed the possibility that the…
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