Stocks on American exchanges jumped over 5% today after the U.S. Federal reserve took interest rates to near zero, in a near last ditch effort to resuscitate the U.S. economy. Although the investment world applauded today’s move with huge one day gains, I have to ask the question: What next? Remember that low interest rates [...]

Who can blame investors for being skittish during times of economic turmoil. Lately they have seen stock market volatility swings of hundreds of points within a single day, and financial entities like Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Washington mutual dissolve. Such chaos can make it difficult to stay focused. The United States’ financial system breakdown has been an [...]

America’s Nightmare Looms in Beijing He took a severe tongue-lashing from his Chinese counterparts. Now Henry Paulson is back in Washington, trying to fix our homemade financial crisis. How times have changed for China and for the U.S. investment scene. Only two years ago the U.S. Treasury Secretary used to fly to Beijing regularly to [...]

The combined effects of plummeting U.S. stock indexes, and the collapse of mammoth financial institutions like Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns have dragged down stock markets worldwide. The Shanghai Composite Index has fallen about 70 percent this year. Property prices have dropped in China, and export growth has slumped, all because of apprehensive investors waiting [...]