Investment

Budget Battles

  • Pain in Spain Weighs on Markets Again

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Spain today managed to successfully auction more than €2.5 billion in bonds – but the “success” of such bond auctions is measured on a relative scale these days. While the Spanish government managed...

  • Bank of America: New Progress

    By RICK ROTHACKER, Reuters

    Bank of America Corp posted a better-than-expected first-quarter earnings on Thursday as the No. 2 U.S. bank set aside less money for loan losses and capital markets activity rebounded.

  • What’s Really Behind Wall Street’s Recent Swings

    By Yuval Rosenberg

    On Wall Street, sentiment can – and does – swing just this quickly. After a string of five down days sucked some of the air out of the market last week and resulted in the worst weekly loss of the...

  • What the Wealthy Worry About Most

    By Yuval Rosenberg

    Rich investors are growing increasingly anxious about the economy and their ability to maintain their financial position, a new survey finds.

  • A Bull Market for Bank Stocks? Not So Fast

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Bank stock investors have ample causes to celebrate this spring. Not only are their share prices soaring – the financials group within the S&P 500 posted a return that was more than double the...