European Economic Scene Worsens Yet Again; Inflation Uptick Good News for Japan; Three Retailers Chasing the White Whale and Losing

European Economic Scene Worsens Yet Again (Bloomberg) Investors looking for signs that the European Union...

Eagle Eye Opener May 31, 2013

Smithfield Foods' Pork Business May Gain Chinese Flavor; Canada???s Largest Bank also Booking Large Profits; Berkshire???s Abel to Grow Energy Holdings

Smithfield Foods' Pork Business May Gain Chinese Flavor (YahooFinance) Smithfield Foods is the largest...

Eagle Eye Opener May 30, 2013

Good and Bad News Affects Fixed Income; China Looks Worse; Swiss Uncovering New Ways to Fence Sit

Good and Bad News Affects Fixed Income (Reuters) Fixed income investors awoke to both good news and bad...

Eagle Eye Opener May 29, 2013

Japan???s Nikkei Index Falls 7.3% for Several Reasons; Europe and U.S. Indexes Dip after Japanese Nosedive; JPMorgan Voters Keep CEO Dimon

Japan???s Nikkei Index Falls 7.3% for Several Reasons (YahooFinance) The Japanese stock market's...

Eagle Eye Opener May 23, 2013

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Become Cash Cows; Government Execs up for Millions in Bonuses; Samsung and LG Dump Millions into Faulty Tech

Meet the Government???s Cash Cows: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (YahooFinance) In last three months, Fannie...

Eagle Eye Opener May 22, 2013

Is China Pushing away from Diet of U.S. Treasuries?; Meet the New Old-Boy Network; Banks Finally Draw a Line?

Is China Pushing Away from U.S. Treasuries (YahooFinance) In February, China held $1.251 trillion in U.S....

Eagle Eye Opener May 21, 2013

Europe Offers Remarkable Investment Opportunities; Big Data Means Big Offerings; Enron II: Electric Boogaloo in Oil Pricing?

One Man???s Crisis is Another Man???s Opportunity (YahooFinance) Today???s record high for the German DAX,...

Eagle Eye Opener May 20, 2013

Americans Eating their Way Back to Fiscal Health?; Chinese Investor Behaves Oddly; Green Wave Lifts Markets

Americans Eating Their Way Back to Fiscal Health? (CNBC) Americans spent some $45.9 billion on dining out...

Eagle Eye Opener May 17, 2013

Is George Soros a New Gold Indicator?; Markets Soar to New Highs Again; Wal-Mart Trails Quarterly Estimates

The World???s Best Gold Indicator (Reuters) Forget the price of bullion, watching the futures market or...

Eagle Eye Opener May 16, 2013

Producer Prices Post Big Drop in Three Years; Deere Cuts Forecast as Wet Weather Slows Construction; Germany Fails to Stop Europe???s Economic Malaise

Producer Prices Post Big Drop in Three Years (Reuters) The latest sign that the U.S. economy remains weak...

Eagle Eye Opener May 15, 2013

Hedge Fund Manger Eyes Sony Break-up; J.P. Morgan's Dimon is in the Crosshairs; Verizon-Vodafone Agrees to Slice $7 Billion Dividend Pie

Hedge Fund Manager Who Cut His Teeth on Yahoo Targeting Sony Next (NewYorkTimes) Daniel Lieb, the man...

Eagle Eye Opener May 14, 2013

S&P 500 up 26% Annually Since 2009; Chinese Economic Future Clear as the Yangtze River; When Is a $1.9 Billion Loss a Win?

S&P 500 up 26% Annually Since 2009 (Bloomberg) If you suddenly start seeing Hewlett Packard TV...

Eagle Eye Opener May 13, 2013

Dollar Posts Four-Year High against Yen; Market Gains May Momentum

Dollar Posts Four-Year High against Yen??? (Reuters) Last week???s U.S. non-farm unemployment report has...

Eagle Eye Opener May 10, 2013

Positive Economic News Sweeps the Globe; Germany Seeks to Start Summer Stronger; China's Inflation Grows

Positive Economic News Starts to Sweep the Globe (Bloomberg) After months of false starts, it looks like...

Eagle Eye Opener May 9, 2013