Written by Michael Clark ="font-size: medium;">We see weakness in the American indexes for the first time in many weeks.  Buying has held up in the face of the continued breakdown of Europe, the breakdown of Chinese stocks, the breakdown of 'developing… more »

Introduction In a recent piece, I described the evolution of investment opportunities in the US: real estate, savings accounts, stocks/bonds/mutual funds, pensions, insurance, and on to ETFs, hedge and private equity funds. What will happen… more »

by Robert Huebscher, Advisor Perspectives Vitaliy Katsenelson, CFA, is chief investment officer at Investment Management Associates, Inc., a Denver-based money management firm.  Vitaliy is also the author of the highly acclaimed books The Little Book… more »

Money Morning Article of the Weekby Frank Holmes, Guest Writer, Money Morning Markets in Hong Kong, Vietnam, Taiwan and Korea were closed last week as people across Asia celebrated Moon Festival, one of the culture's most beloved holidays along with… more »

Europe, Japan and the U.S. face moribund growth of the sort that has plagued the Japanese economy for two decades. On the flip side are China, Brazil, and India, where the combination of fiscal and monetary stimulus succeeded too well, and has led to a bout of real inflation. China, Brazil, and India comprise 15% of world GDP. While each of these countries will continue to enjoy above average growth relative to the developed economies, they are now confronting rising inflation with tighter monetary policy. This will surely lead to a slowdown in their economies in the second half of 2011. Since monetary policy is conducted by looking in the rear view mirror of economic statistics, there is the risk that each central bank may tighten a bit too much, resulting in a deeper slowdown than desired. more »