11/19/2012
Income investing is not new. What is new are the challenges faced by investors in creating a portfolio with the right level both of income and risk in this low yield, low growth, more uncertain world.
11/18/2012
*Europa, in Greek mythology, after whom the continent of Europe was ultimately named, was abducted by Zeus in the form of a white bull. Apparently.
11/18/2012
The 2012 "shareholder spring" over executive pay was an illusion, with the real battles likely to come over the next two years, according to a report.
11/15/2012
A central question of both the book and the film was: how could a small-market, small-budget baseball team like the Oakland A’s compete against teams from larger markets that had the resources to pay top dollar for superstar players?
11/15/2012
The tally of nearly 160,000 job cut plans, meanwhile, is likely to be a conservative estimate as smaller banks and brokers are also cutting staff or shutting up shop, and bigger banks have not always disclosed target numbers of layoffs.
11/14/2012
Giving evidence to the House of Lords economic affairs committee, the RBS chairman said both the UK and Scottish Governments needed to “give clarity” on what would happen should Scotland leave the UK.
11/13/2012
God met Mammon at the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, set up in the wake of the Libor-rigging scandal, and the result was much heat but very little light.