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Rosenberg: US Bear, Canada Bull - Setting the Record Straight

12 hours ago ago from AdvisorAnalyst Views

In today's Breakfast with Dave, David Rosenberg (Rosie), Chief Economist, Gluskin Sheff, sets the record straight about being his being bearish the US and bullish Canada. SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT I get this all the time; how can you be bearish on the U.S. economy and the stock market and also be calling for an elongated period of credit contraction and still be bullish on Canada and commodities? Well, here goes: The ...

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Melting National Economies: What Investors Need to Focus on in the Emerging Global Markets

8 hours ago ago from The Atlanta 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Atlanta, GA

Recently, a roundtable discussion regarding the future of US economics was carried out by Black Enterprise, a business magazine in the United States. Members of the assembled roundtable committee included financial advisers and strategists from companies like Oppenheimer & Co. and Wealth Management Network. Here’s what the experts have to say. Optimism amidst negative market conditions As we already know by now, the United ...

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2009 Christmas Card from the U.S. Financial Market

4 hours ago ago from ViralStash.com The Daily Buzz

The Bloomberg U.S. Financial Conditions Index provides a daily measure of the relative strength/weakness of the U.S. money, bond and equity markets, and is considered a useful gauge of bank lending conditions and the overall availability of credit. A little more than a year ago in the wake of Lehman's collapse, the financial markets were gripped by fear and panic, and credit risk soared to historic levels (see CD post here on the TED spread). ...

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Diplomat: World watching Iran protests

16 hours ago ago from Times of the Internet - The Web's Number One News Source - Times News

absolutely-fabulous absolutely-scrumptious business cooking-recipes crime entertainment gossip health internet lifestyle movies nation news online-games people personal-development politics press-releases products science sports technology this-and-that travel weather world top stories Diplomat: World watching Iran protests TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The United States will not turn its back on the protests in ...

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Football World Cup 2006: Economic Impact

28 minutes ago ago from 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

From its humble beginnings in some muddy English field many centuries ago, football is now an undisputed global affair, with money sloshing around it by the bucketful. For the last event in 2002, FIFA took its cash cow to Asia for the first time, where it was co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. While many doubted the ability of the hosts to pull off the event, it was a success at least off the field, generating a $260 million profit for FIFA ...

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China blows by U.S. as world's largest car market

16 hours ago ago from DailyFinance

China has overtaken the U.S. as the world's largest car market. The Associated Press reports that research firm JP Power expects China's light vehicle sales will be 12.7 million in 2009, up 44% from the previous year. U.S. car and light truck sales will be only 10.3 million. Four years ago, American vehicles sales topped 16 million. Monthly car sales in China have been running ahead of the U.S. for several months, so the news is not ...

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The oil market is up for grabs

7 hours ago ago from BloggingStocks

Paraphrasing the great Twain , if you don't like the price of oil, wait awhile. Oil, which traded in a seemingly interminable $75-80 range for seven weeks, closed below $70 Friday -- down 84 cents to finish the week at $69.70. And, as one might sense, the oil bears are scavenging in the woods, trying to change oil's narrative to one based on fundamentals: from a supply/demand standpoint, oil should be nowhere near $70. Inventories of ...

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Recession's latest victim: U.S. innovation

14 hours ago ago from CNN Money

These tech-world luminaries - photographed during our recent Brainstorm Tech conference - aren't just changing the game; they've defined it. Photographs by Robyn Twomey. Quick Vote Which type of investments will you focus on in 2010? U.S. stocks Emerging markets Bonds Commodities Im sticking with old-fashioned bank accounts NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. ...

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Richard Muller: Naked Copenhagen

5 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

Imagine a "dream" agreement emerging from Copenhagen next week: The U.S. agrees to cut greenhouse emissions 80% by 2050, as President Barack Obama has been promising. The other developed countries promise to cut emissions by 60%. China promises to reduce its CO2 intensity by 70% in 2040. Emerging economies promise that in 2040, when their wealth per capita has grown to half that of the U.S., they will cut emissions by 80% over the following ...

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Oil climbs back above $70

16 hours ago ago from CNN Money

Prices at the pump can vary widely among states, due in large part to vastly different levels of gasoline tax. More Quick Vote Which type of investments will you focus on in 2010? U.S. stocks Emerging markets Bonds Commodities Im sticking with old-fashioned bank accounts LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) -- Oil rose on Friday as forecasts for higher demand growth next ...

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