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Emerging economies to lead G20 Summit
Leaders of the western industrial nations and emerging economies are gathering together to participate in G20 summits for the first time in Asia to negotiate an agreeable global economic solution to prevent economic protectionism that satisfies both the developed western nations and the emerging economies.
Developed western economies with very low growth rate are facing the [...]
Restoring United States Economy
The campaign for US Congress election has united democrats and republicans in China bashing for all their economic woes. Republicans are expected to win majority seats in Congress and participate in US governance with Democrats to tackle with difficult economic challenges of high unemployment and massive deficit.
United States needs to invest more in research, development [...]
Risk outweighs benefits of leveraged ETFs
What are Leveraged ETFs?
Leveraged ETFs can be defined as Exchange Traded Funds that use a combination of derivative and debt to enhance returns for investor. Here is a simple example of how a leveraged ETF works. Let us say a leveraged ETF tracks the S&P 500 Index.
Assume that for every invested dollar in the fund, [...]
85,000 Americans lost employment in December
The announcement Friday by the Labor Department that the U.S. lost 85,000 jobs in December is causing some concern that the U.S. economic recovery is faltering.
Treasury Yields High on Inflation Concern
The yield curve widened to a record level today demonstrating investors fear that an accelerating recovery will fuel inflation and hurt demand for unprecedented government debt sales. Government backed securities witnessed the largest drop since August, before the U.S. tomorrow announces the sizes of two-, five- and seven-year auctions next week.