Economy
Unemployment Claims dip since last week
The number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits dipped below 400,000 last week, a key move that indicates the job market is improving. ……Read More
Business
Markets
Yen Intervention: Good News for Investors?
Japan’s massive currency-market intervention could result in a short-term buying opportunity, experts say. American investors may have a short-term buying opportunity for mutual funds that ……Read More
Markets
Junk Bonds: More Rally Left?
High-yield bond funds are seeing record inflows, but experts warn the best times may have already passed. Investors who had hid in safe havens are heading ……Read More
Markets
10 Things the SEC Won’t Tell You
Wall Street’s watchdog isn’t as fierce as you might think. 1. “We will never live up to your expectations.” “Occupy Wall Street” protestors aren’t livid ……Read More
Economy
Making Sense of Home Price Data
How to decipher the three major home-price indices, and their often conflicting conclusions. Are housing prices up, down, or flat? It all depends on who ……Read More
Markets
MF Global seeking Bankruptcy Protection
Broker-dealer MF Global Holdings (MF), the securities firm run by former New Jersey governor and Goldman Sachs head Jon Corzine, is seeking bankruptcy protection one week after reporting its biggest-ever quarterly loss. MF ……Read More