14 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Corrections: When Israel — and the U.S., and the Soviets — nearly blew up the Middle East
Corrections: When Israel — and the U.S., and the Soviets — nearly blew up the Middle East
A MarketWatch report published July 14, 2015, misstated the publication date for Seymour Hersh’s “The Samson Option.” The book was published in 1991.
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14 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How The US Government Blew $1 Billion In Taxpayer Funds On "Ghost Schools" In Afghanistan
How The US Government Blew $1 Billion In Taxpayer Funds On "Ghost Schools" In Afghanistan
14 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Chinese Big Cap Stocks Continue To Slide; Bridgewater Warns, "Typical Of Market Dominated by Unsophisticated Investors"
Chinese Big Cap Stocks Continue To Slide; Bridgewater Warns, "Typical Of Market Dominated by Unsophisticated Investors"
As $170 billion hedge fund Bridgewater noted, “new participants are now discovering that making money in the markets is difficult,” and sure enough, as WSJ reports, Asian hedge funds have suffered steep losses in June.
14 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on When Will Value Funds Revive?
When Will Value Funds Revive?
Value mutual funds did well in the first two of the past 10 years but have lagged their growth and core counterparts since then, leaving the style trailing for the whole period. What would a $10,000 investment in the average value mutual fund have grown to from June 30, 2005 to July 13 this year? $18,954, according to Morningstar Inc. data.
14 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sterling outperforms on rate views, focus on China
Sterling outperforms on rate views, focus on China
Sterling rose as Bank of England put the prospect of an interest rate hike front and center while a fall in US retail sales kept the dollar down.
14 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Gold And The Silver Stand-Off: Is The Selling Of Paper Gold And Silver Finally Ending?
Gold And The Silver Stand-Off: Is The Selling Of Paper Gold And Silver Finally Ending?
Submitted by Paul Mylchreest of ADM Investor Services Intl. (pdf version)
Gold and the Silver stand-off: Demarketing and Deep Value
14 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on IMF: Greece may need 30 years to recover
IMF: Greece may need 30 years to recover
An IMF study has shown Greece needs far more debt relief than European governments have been willing to contemplate so far.