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When the stock market went off a cliff last summer, the big question was whether we were seeing the beginning of a long-term bear market, or just a pause in the ‘sideways’ equities trend of the last decade. A long-term bear would be a new phenomenon...

The euro crisis is still hot. There are riots on the streets of Athens. No part of the political progress is happening without hysterics and plot twists. Yet this is all a side show. The latest Greek bail-out agreement may have gone into the wee smal...

WASHINGTON Like so many others, I was stunned to hear about Whitney Houston's death at age 48. You just can't overlook the pleasure Houston's music brought into the lives of so many. Several of her songs could immediately make me tear up with joy. ...

There are many reasons why I agreed to marry my husband, but one thing that clinched it for me was his answer to a question I asked early in our courtship. “Where do you see yourself when you retire?” I wondered. “I see myself in a rocking chair on a...

From a markets perspective, rarely is the eternal pessimist ie the investor currently thinking the world is going to hell in a hand basket correct. On the other hand, things never seem to turn out quite as well as the permanently optimistic would ha...

Summary of an important new announcement for US persons: US citizens living and working offshore, dual and triple nationality citizens with the United States but residing in another country, LPRs (long-term permanent residents, aka green card holders...

The stock market slump of 2011 was meant to have been caused by European economic uncertainty and the possibility of the Eurozone’s violent implosion. The euro crisis still seems far from being resolved. However, the markets at least outside of the ...

Unfortunately, things do not look a whole lot brighter for investors yearning for bigger bond coupons in today’s yield-starved world of fixed income investing. This past week, in fact, the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met for its regular ...

Timing the market is notoriously difficult. While it's possible to accurately ‘see the future' more often than not that future comes to pass much sooner, or later, than expected. For investors, 2012 will be all about timing. The Maya thought 2012 wou...