Though we have a favorable opinion of promotional offers, reward checking, and shopping around for the best rates, one common misconception among investors and savers alike is that no-fee and interest paying checking accounts provide extra income. In many cases, non-promotional no-fee and interest yielding checking accounts may do more harm than good. Read More…
Interest Bearing Checking
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The Dangers of Checking: Is Your Account Crimping Your Returns?
Why You Should Expect Improved Profit Margins on Rebound
An often overlooked benefit of a recession is that it becomes far cheaper to borrow than ever before. In moving forward, this presents an opportunity for corporations to bring today’s low rates into the future. Remember, though bonds may rise and fall in cost with time, the original price – or the price at which Read More…
Lenovo Proves Chinese Brands Have Unique Appeal
Lenovo’s recent surge into profitability after the financial crisis and global recession demonstrates that Chinese brands have more than just price appeal. In what would seem to be a radical move in other parts of the world, Lenovo, the largest manufacturer of PCs in China, is taking on Apple in a war over the smartphone Read More…
A Reminder That Markets Aren’t Always as They Seem
Too frequently do investors get caught up in that one hot stock, bond, or other investment that the underlying fundamentals get quickly cast to the side. Although many stocks are good buys, and many aren’t, the reason for investing can be clouded by outside influences. Read More…
A Story Retold
This phenomenon is best exemplified by recent news that
China’s Economic Clout in Europe Proves Economic Superiority
The stock markets rallied as China agreed that it would not pull several hundred billion dollars in investments from Europe. This marks the first time that Chinese economic superiority has been so publicly confirmed, with markets rallying on the news that China was in for the long haul. Read More…
China’s European Influence
The news broke early on US
Flight to Quality Losing Its Strength
The move from equities to fixed income has been described as a flight to quality. No one wants to get stuck holding an investment that can lose value, but at what point will investors want to actually make, not protect, wealth?
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New cash from Wall Street is heading to US Treasury bonds. At present,
China’s Steel Investing Signals No Building Slowdown
China’s Anshan Iron and Steel Group, a state-owned steel producer, has doubled down with a $175 million investment into a rebar manufacturer in the United States. The investment in rebar, rather than raw steel, indicates that China sees continuing growth in infrastructure and building development. This view contrasts strongly to analyst viewpoints of a slowing Read More…
Emerging Markets Gain Relative Value in Europe’s Woes
While the rest of the world is tuning into the incredible decline in European equities and debt, emerging markets may be the largest benefactor. Enabled with low debt to GDP ratios, strong export economies, and nowhere to go but up, emerging markets are now relatively strong against what were once considered the unsinkable economies. Read More…
Insurance Screams
SEC Moves to Test New Circuit Breakers
In order to reduce the chance of another large dip in US stocks, the SEC will be testing new rules to govern trading first on S&P 500 stocks. The new rules, slated to go in place until December 10, will suspend trading in any S&P500 stock that rises or falls more than 10% in any Read More…
China Still Thristy for Oil
Despite a slowdown affecting mostly China’s manufacturing and other value-added, energy intensive industries, China has yet to back down from oil acquisitions. Its newest investment through its state owned investment conglomerate brought thousands of acres of oil sands under its ownership. Read More…
Partnership in Sands
The new partnership was reached as part of a deal between Penn West
