After the financial debacle in Cyprus last month, some investors may be rethinking the idea of bank deposit safety.
The decision to force Cypriot savers into a bailout came after the country’s larges...
With stock market indices pushing new highs, the investment community has become somewhat divided over exactly where we go from here. For one thing, what makes this bull market rather different from t...
Last week the man in the street got exactly what he asked for ... at least in Bulgaria.
For many days, thousands of anti-government protesters had been mobbing the streets of the capital city Sofia, ...
Investment professionals are carefully analysing recent central bank policy announcements, particularly those which have lately caused sharp and sudden moves in several of the world’s largest currenci...
Those who attended LOM’s market update luncheon at the Hamilton Princess last week may recall our thesis that the US is one of the few major economic powers capable of pulling the world out of its pre...
Despite its reputation as a perennial long shot in the race for investment performance, gold has once again come through with a respectable return this year. At the time of this writing the price of g...
Investors searching for yield in today’s ultra-low interest rate environment might benefit from looking farther abroad. While US stock dividend strategies have worked like a charm in recent months, ma...
In today’s world of excessive market volatility amid a seemingly endless credit crisis, investors are seeking two things: yield and safety.
But with capital markets constantly in flux, no investments...
That is the question! Or at least according to how investors have been reacting lately.
Growing fear that the inconclusive Greek election earlier this month may have placed the troubled nation on a p...
Risk markets seem to be back to their old tricks. After a few months of what appeared to be much steadier forward progress during the first quarter of this year, equity markets have seen a noticeable ...