29 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Yellen ally pours cold water on rule-based monetary policy
Yellen ally pours cold water on rule-based monetary policy
For much of her tenure as head of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen has been pressured by Republican lawmakers who want the U.S. central bank to adopt a monetary policy rule, a straightforward formula connecting unemployment and inflation to a benchmark interest rate. On Saturday a Yellen ally and former adviser at the Fed delivered a provocative retort: the economic models underpinning those simple rules don’t work that well, and the best policy decisions come when central bankers look beyond those models to the unexpected forces shaping the economy.
29 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why Vanguard Natural Resources, Cameron International, and Peabody Energy All Skyrocketed This Week
Why Vanguard Natural Resources, Cameron International, and Peabody Energy All Skyrocketed This Week
Different reasons drove Vanguard Natural Resources, Cameron International, and Peabody Energy all up by more than 20% this week.
29 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Dollar: Now What?
The Dollar: Now What?
The US dollar has been on a roller coaster ride. Many have lost confidence in the underlying trend. An important prop for the dollar, namely the prospects for the Fed’s lift-off has been pushed out again, this time ostensibly due to the heightened volatility of the financial markets, apparently sparked by events in China.
The September Fed funds futures have nearly fully priced out the risk of a hike next month. The effective Fed funds have traded 14-15 bp this month, and the September Fed funds contract implies an average effective rate of 17.5 bp next month.
29 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Outside the Box: Worried about your investments? Here’s the best advice
Outside the Box: Worried about your investments? Here’s the best advice
Think you cant’s afford good financial advice?
29 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Mass Protests Sweep Malaysian Capital As Anger At Goldman-Backed Slush Fund Boils Over
Mass Protests Sweep Malaysian Capital As Anger At Goldman-Backed Slush Fund Boils Over
If we told you that thousands of protesters donning bright yellow shirts had taken to the streets to call for the ouster of a leader in an important emerging market, you’d be forgiven for thinking we were talking about Brazil, where President Dilma Rousseff is facing calls for impeachment amid allegations of fiscal book cooking and government corruption.
But on this particular weekend, you’d be wrong.
29 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Syngenta may seek partners, JVs after product review: chairman in paper
Syngenta may seek partners, JVs after product review: chairman in paper
Syngenta AG (SYNN.VX) may seek partners to help improve its product lineup after a thorough review in the wake of a rebuffed takeover approach from Monsanto Co (MON.N), the agrichemicals group’s chairman told a Swiss newspaper. Syngenta’s board is under pressure from shareholders to show how it plans to generate value after turning its back on Monsanto’s $47 billion cash-and-share offer, which it said undervalued the company and had too great an execution risk.
29 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The S&P 500’s Highest Dividend Stocks
The S&P 500’s Highest Dividend Stocks
Dividend stocks can take on increased importance during a stock market correction. Here are the stocks on the S&P 500 with the highest dividends.