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MarksJarvis: Stocks climb more than 13 percent in 2012 despite a lackluster economy
You had perfectly good reasons for being cowardly about the stock market in 2012, but caution didn't serve you well. Despite the fear that a eurozone breakup and a European bank infection would set off another global financial crisis ... despite the...
Tags: Ben Bernanke, Spain, Finance, Central Bank, Unemployment
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Stocks up 15 percent this year, but last 3 months could be dicey
If you keep an eye on your 401(k), you might be among the cheerful Americans who told researchers in a recent Conference Board consumer confidence survey that they are feeling better about the economy and their future. Rising stocks play a role in...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Ben Bernanke, Finance, Banking, Central Bank
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MarksJarvis: Investors turn eyes to 'fiscal cliff'
America is marching toward the fiscal cliff, and investors are on alert for the consequences of plunging from the peak. Re-elected President Barack Obama and congressional leaders must decide in the next 54 days whether they are willing to ignore...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Business, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Fiscal Cliff, Public Finance
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Can the EU be saved?
William PfaffPARIS -- It is not simply the euro zone that is threatened by the dramatic economic discrepancies that now exist among its members, as well as the large indebtedness gap that exists between the southern members of the zone and the German-led bloc of...Tags: International Organizations, Angela Merkel, Spain, Paris (France), United Kingdom
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Europe has no exit
WASHINGTON -- For most Americans, Europe is out of sight and out of mind. We figure that the worst of its debt crisis has passed. Italy has a new government. To mute social unrest, some countries are slightly relaxing austerity policies. The European...
Tags: Spain, European Debt Crisis, Think Tanks, Finance, Labor Markets
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MarksJarvis: Clashing slogans cloud investor strategies
The calendar beckons investors to tread lightly through the stock market, according to an old saying. "Sell in May and go away" is a popular slogan among pundits because, over the years, stocks have sometimes suffered losses from May through October,...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Consumers, Central Bank, Japan
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Stocks expected to 'melt up' on stimulus expectations
Convinced that the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are about to ride to the rescue, investors looked past the struggling economy on two continents Friday and pushed stocks to levels not seen since before the financial crisis started raging...
Tags: Labor Markets, Central Bank, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Employment
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Cyprus bailout raises fears of tapping savings accounts in other troubled countries
The prospect of losing money in a bank savings account was once considered unthinkable, but the possibility sent Americans into a panic in the 2008 financial crisis, and the threat recently surfaced anew. This time the focus is on European banks and the...
Tags: Cyprus, Citigroup Incorporated, Spain, Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), European Debt Crisis
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The end of macro magic
WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund recently held a conference that should concern most people despite its arcane subject -- "Rethinking Macro Policy II." Macroeconomics is the study of the entire economy, as opposed to the examination of...
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Finance, Central Bank, Economic Policy, International Monetary Fund
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A right and proper death of the euro
William PfaffPARIS -- When the proposal was initially made for a common European currency, it seemed to this writer to be a good idea, with the flaw that it wouldn't work. Although inexpert in economics (being a product of the age of arithmetic), it struck me as an...Tags: International Organizations, Richard Holbrooke, Angela Merkel, Tea Party Movement, William Pfaff
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The Improvisers
WASHINGTON -- The bailout of Cyprus -- if it can be called that -- bore all the trappings of Europe's standard response to its economic crisis. The last-minute, melodramatic rescue was complex, contentious and controversial. Decisions were taken that, for...
Tags: Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), Finance, Central Bank, The Washington Post, Financial Markets
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Betray your bank before your bank betrays you
What's a Slovenian with several hundred thousand euros in the bank supposed to do? Spread it out among at least a few different banks, that's what. Or move the money out of the country, while it's still possible. Imagine what must be on the minds of...Tags: Slovenia, Cyprus, Foreign Exchange Market, Spain, Germany
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