Best and Worst Global Stock Markets of 2010

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…

How Bad Could Ireland Get? Iceland Offers Some Clues

Despite widespread anxiety about the Greek debt crisis last summer, global markets recovered with minimum damage. Now, investors facing another crisis in Ireland may be tempted to draw a comforting lesson from the Greek experie…

Buffett Warns That Euro Faces a ‘Real Challenge’

The euro has posted its biggest quarterly gain in eight years, but billionaire investment guru Warren Buffett is worried about Europe’s common currency. Despite the E.U.’s trillion-dollar bailout fund, he’s not sure the Contine…

Are European Debt Problems Fixed, or Just Papered Over?

Officially, Europe’s fiscal health is on the mend, but each time the Continent’s debt crisis is declared history, some ugly financial news quickly emerges to undercut those claims. Indeed, the real eurozone meltdown may still …