You'd think the U.S. dollar had bitten the dust from all the breathless reporting of its savaging in the foreign exchange market. From the headlines, you'd think the world was selling dollars in 2008 en masse. But it's been worse. Consider that...
Lehman Brothers may be considering shopping around $30 billion in beat-down commercial mortgage-related assets, according to a report in the New York Post from last Friday, which cites anonymous insider sources.
I used to think that socially responsible investing (SRI) was basically the politicization of investing. Our society has become so politicized these days, I have heard people politicize food; when, in truth, we should be striving to maintain a...
Can, say, an oil company, be considered an eco-responsible company? What about a company that caters to “non-married” lifestyles? Is that “socially responsible”? One man's virtuous stock is another man’s sinful stock.
Craig has been trading commodities for over 20 years, and has posted long-term annual average returns of around 20 percent. Since April 2006, when he returned to the business after a brief retirement, his annual returns have averaged 23 percent...