The Wal-Mart bribery scandal is making headlines. The New York Times first broke this story over the weekend and it has been reverberating since then. The stock lost almost 5% of its shareholder value yesterday on this news. Wal-Mart Accused of Bribery in Mexico Mexico is currently Wal-Mart’s biggest international subsidiary. They have 2,100 stores [...]
In the latest chapter of the European debt crisis, an unlikely nation came into focus today. The Dutch Cabinet resigned after austerity talks failed. This was a very unlikely event since most of the focus of the Eurozone crisis has focused on Greece and other southern European countries like Italy, Spain and Portugal. This is [...]
There are three major macroeconomic factors that are currently impacting the global economy. One is the slow recovery in the US, which is primarily an employment problem. Second is the growth of the emerging markets like the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. The third is the ongoing Eurozone crisis that has been [...]
Anyone that is learning how to invest in stocks should know very early on the importance of diversifying. This is the idea of spreading your risk. You have probably heard a million times the metaphor of not putting all your eggs in one basket. There is a way that you can get instant diversification with [...]
There is a strong relationship between the Fed’s quantitative easing (QE) policies, valuations in the stock market, inflation and politics. If you don’t see the holistic picture here, you will miss out on some great investing opportunities at best, and at worst, you may underestimate the negative long term impact of QE policies.
