The big winners of 2010 scored returns far above those of U.S. markets by piggybacking on China’s ferocious growth. But rebounding American equities look mighty impressive next to the year’s real losers: the victims of the euro…
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Ireland three notches from A to BBB , citing the costs of restructuring the Irish banking system, the country’s weak growth prospects, and uncertainty about its economy due to the deepening financi…
Nouriel Roubini, the NYU economics professor who has earned the nickname “Dr. Doom” for his predictions, says he’s concerned the tax cut compromise struck by President Obama and GOP leaders could expose the U.S. to bond vigila…
The notion that the EU could issue a eurozone-wide bond is probably the most sweeping proposal yet to relieve country debt problems. But the ad hoc measures Europe has been taking to put out fires are likely to remain the statu…
With the fears of a European sovereign debt crisis growing worse, the Spanish government said Wednesday that it’s taking several measures to stop the fiscal contagion from reaching its shores, including selling a 30% stake in i…