Market Insights

U.S. investors buying in Europe

American fund managers, specifically those who successfully called the bottom of their home credit market in 2008, are starting to put money back into Europe.

By Staff |February 24, 2012

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Marathons, home sales and $4 gasoline

At last, the Greek austerity negotiations and debt swap marathons concluded, but equity and bond markets reacted quite differently to the news.

By David Andrews |February 24, 2012

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Fitch downgrades Australian banks

For the most part, Australia has skated through the global financial crisis unscathed, with its banks propped up by a strong resource sector. Until recently, the country has been a sort of antipodean Canada.

By Staff |February 24, 2012

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Small caps roar into 2012

The January Effect is one of the more predictable occurrences in the equity market—provided the right circumstances. All it takes is an otherwise crummy year with investors running out of reasons to sell.

By Staff |February 23, 2012

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