If stocks are rising, that should mean the economy is improving. Yet even though the S&P 500 has soared 80% from its March 2009 lows, 70% of Americans don’t believe the recession is over. Which side has a firmer grasp of realit…
Although Japan’s stock market has been weak for the last 20 years, there are signs that a shift may be under way that could transform that nation into the gateway to Asia’s emerging-market consumers. For patient investors looki…
Tata is India’s leading maker of cars and trucks, and its American Depositary Receipts, or shares that trade on the New York Stock exchange, have been on fire. They’ve hit $30 per ADR, up from $16 last May. They could have room…
Asian markets were mixed Wednesday. In Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index slid 0.9% to 24,501 and in China the Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.6% to 3,115. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index advanced 1.4% to end the trading session at 9,83…
For a host of reasons, when the dollar spikes, stocks drop, and when the dollar falls, stocks soar. Right now, with dollar sentiment reaching maximum bearishness, contrarians are preparing for the next shift. If the dollar rise…