Markets

Jun 08, 2012 at 13:25

Last week in an interview on CBS Network News, Economist Mark Zandi, the chief economist for Moody's, unwittingly revealed a central error of the global economic establishment. Zandi has made…

Jun 08, 2012 at 13:16

The markets have numerous unanswered questions to digest: Will Spain accept a bailout? How will the market react to another bailout? After the election, will Greece stay or go?

Jun 08, 2012 at 12:38

Why Read: It is very important to think about financial market psychology, trading patterns, and risk in these volatile and uncertain times.

Jun 08, 2012 at 12:31

Unemployment in France touched 10.2% in April, a number last seen in 1999 according to data from Eurostat.

Jun 08, 2012 at 11:27

After a shocking upset in Greece's parliamentary elections, the US dollar surged dramatically. Soaring 5.4% in May alone, the world's reserve currency won legions of fans among traders. "King Dollar"…

Jun 08, 2012 at 11:09

George Mitchell, as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in 1966, began urging bankers to consider how "the computer can drastically change money and its…

Jun 08, 2012 at 09:59

Policymakers and politicians are spending their time, energy and OUR money attending to the symptoms of the disease while the disease itself continues to grow. Recessions are a necessary evil,…

Jun 08, 2012 at 09:29

Senator Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who has centered his 37-year congressional career on attempts to build bipartisan consensus, is preparing to take on the U.S. tax code.

Jun 08, 2012 at 09:12

Above is an interesting chart that has been making the rounds on the internet. Oddly I have yet to find the original article that was the source from Haver Analytics…

Jun 08, 2012 at 09:02

Today, we're accustomed to thinking of small greenish paper rectangles as the definition of money, and we think of the US government as the only source of money. To honestly…