America’s “sluggish housing market” seems to be “regaining its footing”, says Lucia Mutikani for Reuters. Housing starts and building permits soared to a 12-year high in August. New-home sales were up 7.1% from the previous …
France’s stocks have outstripped Germany’s this year“The tables have turned” between Paris and Berlin, says Silvia Amaro on CNBC. With Europe’s largest economy on the brink of recession, analysts are looking to France, a country …
Today in currency corner we are going to take another currency pair at random and see where it takes us. It’s a pair I’ve never looked at before: the Japanese yen and the euro. I …
For more like this, sign up to Money Morning, our free daily email. In the US this afternoon, we get the all-important employment figures for last month. The two most important figures are the number of …
The prices of two of the world’s most important industrial commodities have slipped over the past few years. Dominic Frisby assesses the outlook and explains how to cash in on the next upswing. The oldest …
A chocolate retailer such as Hotel Chocolat has no trouble getting attentionEU rules have reduced analysts’ coverage of small caps. But new sources of information have sprung up, says Scott Longley. Call it the sell-side’s …
Vaping: not big and not clever“Investors’ hopes for a new lease of life for nicotine have vanished in a cloud of steam,” says Karen Kwok for Breakingviews. Growing concern in America that vaping could cause …
Can China’s leaders keep the good times rolling?After a remarkable four decades of “headlong growth” China is approaching a crucial turning point”, say Louis Kuijs and Gary Duncan in the South China Morning Post. The …
The bank’s reputation has suffered a major blowA farce worthy of a James Bond film has rocked Switzerland’s second-largest bank. Clients and shareholders are appalled. Alex Rankine reports. If you want to have a great …
For more like this, sign up to Money Morning, our free daily email. Today, we get a snapshot of how consumers and the services sector are holding up across developed markets. In developed economies these days, …