12/31/2013
Nick Colas, chief market strategist at ConvergEx, was one of the early Wall Street analysts to take a serious look at bitcoin back in February. To wrap up 2013, he examined what he sees as 11 myths surrounding the subject.
12/27/2013
The Chinese economy may slow modestly in the coming quarters, though officials will likely respond to evidence that growth is falling below 7.0%.
12/26/2013
Over the last 30 years, the Islamic financial sector has grown from virtually nothing to over $1.6 trillion in assets, according to data from the Global Islamic Financial Review, an industry publication.
12/24/2013
Is paper money headed for obsolescence, swept aside by the meteoric rise of Bitcoin?
12/23/2013
But who are these men and women who decide to leave the security of large firms and set up on their own?
12/23/2013
How Will the IRS Tax Bitcoin?
It's an open question, but one with growing consequences.
12/23/2013
Now to read the words of the wise
12/23/2013
Many investors see a favorable outlook ahead, but will the bears crash Goldilocks' party?
12/20/2013
Equity markets have experienced relief rallies on news of the Fed decision to wind down the asset buying programme by an initial $10bn dropping from $85bn per months to $75bn
12/20/2013
Year-ahead assessments of where the world economy and financial markets are heading customarily start with the US. In 2014 the path of the US economy and policy appears, for once, fairly settled.
12/20/2013
The Royal Bank of Canada announced today that RBC Wealth Management-U.S. and RBC Capital Markets-U.S. each received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2014 Corporate Equality Index.
12/19/2013
Few private investors were prepared for the equities markets doing so well or the fixed income markets performing so poorly in 2013.
12/19/2013
It’s an attractive option, but to make it work, you need all the right pieces, including scale, people, and patience
12/18/2013
Investor Appetite for Japanese and European Stocks Steps Up
12/18/2013
"When advisors look for information on managed account platforms, their primary inclination is to approach the home-office research team," comments Patrick Newcomb, senior analyst at Cerulli.
12/18/2013
Investor Psychology and Manager Benchmarking Contribute to Ongoing Trend
12/17/2013
Standish Sees Global GDP Accelerating to 3.5 Percent in 2014
12/15/2013
Bitcoin could be Paypal 2.0, but it will never be the dollar 2.0. Not when prices would have had to fall 98.5 percent the past year if they'd been set in terms of Bitcoin.
12/12/2013
At least half of the eight Ivy League schools ran budget deficits in the past fiscal year
12/12/2013
Pope Francis said in the first peace message of his pontificate that huge salaries and bonuses are symptoms of an economy based on greed and inequality and called again for nations to narrow the wealth gap.