24 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on India seizes record 60kg of gold in smuggling bust
India seizes record 60kg of gold in smuggling bust
Indian police confiscated 60 kilograms of gold in the country’s single biggest seizure of smuggled bullion, according to a local media report.
24 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on If The Fed Continues This, "There Won’t Be Any Active Managers Left In 5 Years"
If The Fed Continues This, "There Won’t Be Any Active Managers Left In 5 Years"
As the dash-for-trash continues in US equities, Neuberger Berman sums up the state of investing currently, “there has certainly been little reward for owning high-return, superior business models that are conservatively financed,” as Bloomberg notes, Fed policy has had the “unintended consequence” of boosting the stocks of companies with heavy debt and little or no earnings.
24 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Post-1945 Geopolitical Settlement Is Now Crumbling
The Post-1945 Geopolitical Settlement Is Now Crumbling
Excerpted from Bruce Anderson of CapX
The Post-1945 Geopolitical Settlement Is Now Crumbling
24 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Surprise! China’s factory sector grew in February
Surprise! China’s factory sector grew in February
China’s manufacturing sector expanded for the first time in four months in February, a private survey showed on Wednesday.
24 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China Manufacturing PMI Suggests "Sluggish Domestic Activity & Uncertain Export Demand"
China Manufacturing PMI Suggests "Sluggish Domestic Activity & Uncertain Export Demand"
Modestly higher than the ‘contractionary’ 49.7 print in Janauary, February’s Markit (flash) China Manufacturing PMI printed at 50.1 (beating expectations of a drop to 49.5). However, before global investors pop the proverbial champagne corks of global recovery, we note that employment’s drop accelerated, New Export Orders contracted the most since June 2013, and prices continued to fall.
24 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The War On Success: Why America Is Doomed
The War On Success: Why America Is Doomed
This is the war on success that our government is waging. They are almost trying to make the economy worse by putting companies out of business. To Quote Jim Clifton of Gallup: