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Why are Americans avoiding stocks? Ask a shrink
The headlines say the financial crisis is behind us. The Dow is back to pre-financial crisis levels. Layoffs are the slowest since the financial crisis, and car sales the highest since the financial crisis.
So why are Americans still too scared to get back in the stock market?
Because all they hear is “financial crisis.” Read More
The Fed’s big gamble: Here’s what could go wrong
The Federal Reserve is about to take a huge risk in hopes of getting the economy steaming along again. Nobody is sure it will work, and it may actually do damage.
The Fed is expected to announce today that it will buy $500 billion to $1 trillion in government debt, and drive already low long-term interest rates even lower. The central bank would buy the debt in chunks of $100 billion a month . . . read more Read More
Emerging markets offer growth, and fishmeal
You can boil down the appeal of emerging markets for investors to three words: growth, debt and fishmeal.
For more than a decade, industrializing countries like Brazil and China have drawn investors seeking to ride their rapid economic growth. Now, money managers are looking to places that feed these emerging giants — like Peru, the world’s top source for fishmeal . . . read more Read More
