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Real Estate Premium to U.S. Bonds Signal Time to Buy Property

U.S. commercial real estate yields are near the highest level relative to Treasury bonds on record, a signal to some investors it’s time to buy property

August 31, 2010 | Posted in Investing,Real Estate | Read More »

Biggs Recommends Stocks Given Odds Economy Will Avoid Recession

Barton Biggs said investors should avoid the mistake he made in July, when the hedge-fund manager slashed his equity holdings in half before redoubling them.

August 31, 2010 | Posted in Investing | Read More »

Copper Climbs to Highest Level Since April as China Manufacturing Quickens

Copper advanced to the highest level since April in London and Shanghai as manufacturing in China, the biggest consumer, expanded at a faster pace in August after the weakest growth since February 2009 in the previous month.

August 31, 2010 | Posted in Copper | Read More »

Australian Dollar Soars as Q2 GDP, Chinese PMI Top Expectations

The Australian Dollar surged against all of its major counterparts after second-quarter Gross Domestic Product figures showed the economy added 1.2 percent in the three months through June, topping economists’ forecasts calling for a 0.9 percent increase and marking the largest increase in three years.

August 31, 2010 | Posted in Currencies | Read More »

Back to the Future for Dividend and Bond Yields

Columnist Chris Farrell says a 50-year pricing “abberation” may finally be correcting as investors again grow wary of equities

August 31, 2010 | Posted in Investing | Read More »

Oil Rises Above $72 as Chinese Manufacturing Accelerates

Oil rebounded half a percent to top $72 on Wednesday after China’s manufacturing industry accelerated last month, easing investors’ concern about the faltering pace of global economic recovery.

August 31, 2010 | Posted in Oil and Gas | Read More »

London Calling Sep 1

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August 31, 2010 | Posted in Currencies | Read More »

Dollar Volatility Curbed by FOMC Meeting Minutes, Tempered Risk Appetite Trends

If we were going by the promise of event risk alone, we would have been led to believe that the US dollar was guaranteed volatility Tuesday. However, as we have seen time and again over the past few months, economic data and exogenous developments are only as effective in moving the market so far as they can stimulus interest in dominant fundamental drivers.

August 31, 2010 | Posted in US Dollar | Read More »

Old G.M. Being Sold for Parts

Motors Liquidation Company, the home of General Motors’ shuttered plants and other unwanted assets, is gradually cleaning them up and selling them off.

August 31, 2010 | Posted in Business | Read More »