Quantitative easing, for those that are not in the know (if you’re one of them, which rock have you been stuck under?), is a program of massive asset purchases by the Federal Reserve. While needed to stimulate a flagging economy and while it is a popular decision, many analysts and economists are expecting it to [...]

Gordon Gecko (he of Wall Street fame) is a savvy market participant in the global financial markets in that he likes to stir the pot and ruffle a few feathers while making away with as much money as he can. He just watches what everyone does and makes his move based off that, and that [...]

The time for waiting is now done with. After a two month surge on the part of the US stock market, the day of reckoning is almost upon us. Some investors, having put their money where their mouth is, will now see if they got their hearts deepest, darkest, desire; an increased say for the [...]

The crumbling facades and the laundry lines straddled by clothes of varying sizes and hues lines the streets of Istanbul’s middle-class Balat district. But when Emrah Gultekin looks at the neighborhood, he doesn’t see a district that is home to Istanbul’s working class. He sees the future, replete with prosperity and the best panoramic views [...]

It’s the kind of big buyout you read about in the papers all the time or watch on the idiot box as it all unfolds. Terra Firma, a Europe-based private-equity enterprise, was mulling over whether they should pick up music company EMI and within the corridors of Terra Firma the deal was referred to simply [...]

In what can only be dubbed a very surprising move, the price of stocks and commodities took a tumble as China’s central bank implemented an interest rate hike that no one ever saw coming. After weeks and months of being pilloried by the Western world to act as a more global citizen instead of just [...]

In a quick response to the monetary policy as exercised by the Federal reserve, Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO) has recently announced that it will indeed be selling U.S bonds. This is a sign that investors might be starting to lose faith in American instruments as the economy shows no real signs of strengthening after [...]

Managing money is a crucial aspect of these days. We all see every one running after money; many doing lots of hard work to earn money anyhow in faster manner. But have you have ever noticed that the money which you earn by working so hard gets vanished so soon? Are the higher needs the [...]

If you want further proof of the growing clout of Asia as an economic force, look no further than the bond markets of these countries, for they are booming and have expanded over the course of this last decade. The west all too often takes for granted the manner in which they can borrow in [...]