Investment

Budget Battles

  • Are mutual funds dead?

    The New ETF That Could Kill Mutual Funds

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    “…Send not to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.” All right, so 17th century English poet John Donne didn’t have the gargantuan U.S. mutual fund industry in mind when he penned those...

  • Report: Time to Confront China over Tech Thievery

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    China is moving quickly to become a high-technology goods export power by adopting many of the same mercantilist policies used by Japan in the second half of the 20th century, a new study says.

  • A Surprising Turnaround for an Oil-Drilling Giant

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 13,000 level – an event last recorded before the financial crisis struck in 2008 – and among the stocks participating in the celebration was...

  • Eurozone Rescue Fund May Reach $2 Trillion

    By The Fiscal Times Staff

    Germany is easing its opposition to a bigger European bailout fund, officials said, smoothing the way for the world's leading economies to secure nearly $2 trillion in firepower to prevent further...

  • S&P Closes at Highest Level Since June 2008

    By Rodrigo Campos, Reuters

    The S&P 500 rose on Friday to close at the highest level since before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, continuing a pattern of steady gains on signs of U.S. economic recovery.