The biggest concern for some market analysts is the lack of concern with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hovering near record highs and as the strongest earnings season since 2011 draws to a close.   The largest daily move on the S&P 500 in almost three weeks was only 0.4...

While Europe and Japan have showed that they remained worried about Washington's shift in trade and economic policies, the United States said on Saturday that the world's other rich economies were getting used to the policy plans of President Donald Trump.   In the hope of hear more about...

A decades-long global consensus in areas such as trade and financial regulation criticized by U.S. President Donald Trump, was pressed not to be broken up by the United States, finance chiefs from many of the world's leading rich nations called on Friday.   Kicking off a two-day meeting in...

To date, China has become one of the few countries that has money, and Xi Jinping is ready to issue several checks. On Monday, the Chinese president will host nearly 30 world leaders in Beijing during the first One Belt, One Road forum, which is the central element of China's soft power, supported...

A wave of new supply in oil is hitting the market from Texas to Libya, OPEC seems to be losing its ability to influence prices and oil is trading near $50 again. But there’s never been a better time to buy for some.   Jeffrey Currie, head of commodities research at...

The local markets are being shocked by China's latest efforts to crack down on high and increasingly risky forms of debt in its financial system.   Investors are kept on edge as more loans are defaulting, bond yields are rising and stocks are falling.   "Most equity investors we...

There are no signs of narrowing down of the earnings of U.S. CEOs and workers, and a labor group analysis that was released recently described this as a wide and longstanding gap.   According to the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of U.S. labor unions, noting an average paycheck of 347 times...

The Government of Puerto Rico announced in 2015 that the island was unable to service its debts. On May 3, 2017, it launched the bankruptcy procedure, the largest in the history of America. The total national debt is almost $ 74 billion, or 100% of GNP. The prolonged fiscal crisis adversely affects...

In this current earnings quarter, European firms have found that the number of positive surprises for them is turning out to be the best in seven years, says the Swiss bank UBS.   While only 29 percent missed, analyst estimates were comprehensively beaten by 63 percent of European companies...