12/20/2011
Gardiner recommends investors take overweight positions in US and Europe ex-UK equities, as he says “the euro is not going to break up” and “the world is probably not going to follow Europe into recession”.
12/20/2011
Barclays Wealth has said it will be entering the new year with an overweight position to Europe ex-UK.
12/05/2011
Gold’s failure to make new highs despite the intensifying euro crisis has fuelled some doubts about its effectiveness as a hedge.
11/30/2011
If the global financial crisis has taught the world anything, it’s that there is massive weakness running through western banking systems.
11/30/2011
Testosterone, rather than neurons, may push male egos into ever-more-complex speculative bets, a gambling binge made possible by advanced technology, mathematical techniques, and globalization.
09/29/2011
Why Warren Buffett's View on Taxes Is Irrelevant
09/19/2011
By my calculations, the next one will be due in 2014 – indeed, you are strongly advised to set your Swiss watch by it.
09/16/2011
There are tales of desperate Italian and Spanish bankers offering stakes in their banks to possible buyers from the mainland as they plead for cash infusions.
09/16/2011
HSBC lifted its 2012 gold price forecast to $2,025 an ounce from $1,625 previously, while GFMS said it could “easily” see gold spiking through $2,000 an ounce by the end of this year.
09/05/2011
World Bank's Zoellick: "World Economy Is Entering A New Danger Zone"
09/01/2011
The author of Extreme Money, Satyajit Das, says that governments are fixated on economic growth strategies to get out of the sovereign debt mess they are in. But he says they don't appear to have considered what will happen if growth does not recover
08/31/2011
Marketing and strategy might be what initially gets a company noticed, but there is one component in the workplace essential for success: motivated employees.
08/31/2011
A study released earlier this month by Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business indicates that connections and relationships play a significant role in employee promotions
08/16/2011
OPINION: You have doubtless read plenty about how to get rich, but have you explored the flipside - the blunders that thwart you from making a fortune?
08/09/2011
Is it too late for gold fever?
08/05/2011
Unsustainable public debt in the US and eurozone is dominating the headlines.
08/01/2011
Selecting the right wealth management system can be a tricky decision.
08/01/2011
As usual, the recent Jersey Finance visit to Hong Kong and China was an organised frenzy of meetings, events, breakneck travel and careful diplomacy.
08/01/2011
The Bahamas, while only 38-years-old as an independent country, is rich in history with the oldest democracy and one of the longest established international financial services sector in the region.
07/15/2011
A long-forgotten alternative to unfettered credit creation...