Investments

Emerging markets losing steam

The knock-on effects of the lost momentum in world trade have hit manufacturing in emerging markets, slowing growth across all sectors, according to the HSBC Emerging Markets Index (EMI).

By Vikram Barhat |October 12, 2011

3 min read

ETFs blamed for excessive volatility

Market routs and rallies have been clustering in the dying minutes of the trading day. Are leveraged ETFs to blame?

By Staff |October 11, 2011

1 min read

Europe pulls a Jekyll and Hyde

While this week brought us some influential manufacturing and employment data out of the U.S., the driver of the capital markets continued to be Europe. The week had a dreadful start as fears continued to escalate that European governments were ill prepared to deal with the potential fallout from a sovereign debt default, namely Greece.

By Gareth Watson |October 11, 2011

5 min read

How high can gold go? Just watch

Anyone buying into the thesis that gold represents an asset bubble about to burst should look at the balance sheet deterioration of the U.S. and Europe.

By Staff |October 10, 2011

3 min read