REPORT: A Current Goldman Sachs Employee Is Being Investigated For Insider...
Reuters just reported that a Goldman Sachs employee who is being investigated for insider trading is still working at firm. The employee's name and title has not been disclosed, but the inquiry is...
View ArticleGold Weakens As Demand From India Is 'Lackluster' Ahead Of Major Festival
U.S. dollar prices to buy gold slipped to two-week lows in London's wholesale trade on Thursday, "falling victim to a strengthening Dollar" as one analyst put it while stock markets and commodities...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: For $25 Million, You Can Own A Hamptons House Built For A...
This shingled, stylish manor on the oceanfront in Westhampton Beach is on sale for $24.75 million. The 16,000-square-foot home has nine bedrooms, nine bathrooms, and two half baths. The house was built...
View ArticleThe IMF Fund Is Useless Without The US
There will be some drama, and few splashy headlines out of the G-20 meeting in D.C. this weekend. Europe is cracking up (again), and the IMF and big guns of the G-20 will spout about “expanded...
View ArticleHigher Commodity Prices Means Margin Squeeze, Not Runaway Inflation
The two charts below offer clues for evaluating the risk of profit margin squeeze in the current economy. One is the ratio of crude to finished goods in the Producer Price Index. The other is an...
View ArticleGood News From 2 Of The Most Important Companies In America (UNP, CSX)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Strong earnings reports from two of the nation's biggest freight railroads show that the U.S. economy is continuing its long, slow recovery. Union Pacific Corp. said Thursday its...
View ArticleHere Are The Key Market Moving Events For Friday, April 20, 2012 (MCD, HON,...
Earnings season slows slightly on Friday — as it does at the end of every week. But there are still two Dow components reporting: General Electric and McDonald's. Macro data is light, but includes...
View ArticleHere's Why Citi Just Boosted Its 2012 Global Growth Forecast To 2.6%
Citi's economics team just published its latest Global Economic Outlook and Strategy report. The highlight of the massive 80-page publication was Citi boosted its forecast for global GDP growth to 2.6...
View ArticleArgentina's Messy Politics And Economy Are Being Laid Bare With Its Latest...
Argentinian president Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner's decision to nationalize YPF, by expropriating 51 percent of Repsol's 57.43 percent stake in YPF, has again kicked-off the debate about...
View ArticleThe Idiot's Guide To This Weekend's French Election
The first round of the French elections is this Sunday. Click here to meet the candidates > Here's what you need to know... The Basics Held every five years, the President of France is elected by...
View ArticleWe'd Like To Introduce You To Dr. Aluminum
Copper was given the nickname "Dr. Copper" because the industrial metal supposedly has a Ph.D in economics. Why? Because copper is widely recognized as a good indicator of economic health. However,...
View ArticleThis Has Got To Be The Dumbest Conspiracy Theory In The World
People love to peddle conspiracy theories about economic data. The most popular realm is in the area of inflation: Tons of people think the government purposely distorts inflation data to make it seem...
View ArticleFormer JPMorgan Intern-Turned-Model Tells Us How Europe's Crisis Is Affecting...
Last week, former JPMorgan intern Xenia Tchoumitcheva dropped by the Business Insider office to talk about her current career as an international, globe-trotting model. She told us how the crisis in...
View ArticleWe Are Having A Problem With Our Commenting System! We Apologize!
We are currently having some problems with our commenting system. As a result some comments are getting deleted and some people are being blocked from commenting altogether. We apologize! We have our...
View ArticleREVEALED: The Spreadsheet Guy's Photo And Where He Works
Now that the overly detailed spreadsheet created by the man that works in finance has gone viral over the Internet, it was sooner or later that the identity of the man behind the meticulously detailed...
View Article19 Facts About McDonald's That Will Blow Your Mind (MCD)
McDonald's just reported its first quarter financial results this morning. The global fast food chain generated $6.54 billion during the period and delivered earnings per share of $1.23. Global...
View ArticleOne Of The Best Economic Indicators There Is, Is Rapidly Turning South
Good catch from Cullen Roche at Pragmatic Capitalism: Rail data, which is some of the most reliable economic data there is, is rapidly turning south. Now just 12 of the 20 categories of goods that get...
View ArticleHey Goldman Bankers, This Craigslist 'Missed Connection' Might Be About One...
To those of you alpha dogs reading at 200 West Street—were you by chance walking out of the building at 3:30 pm this Wednesday? Did you see a young woman check you out? Did you check her out back? For...
View ArticleThis Chart Of Apple Vs. The S&P 500 Is Just Too Painful To Look At
This is just getting too painful! Apple down over 1%, while the S&P is solidly positive. Apple shareholders, avert your eyes. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation...
View ArticleThe Divergence Between The Dow And S&P Is Fixing Itself (DIA, SPY, AAPL)
Most of the time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 will move together roughly hand-in-hand. However, the gains in the two indices have been diverging noticeably lately. Year-to-date,...
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