Stock trading on the US exchanges reached a peak in 2008 from steadily increasing yearly since the bursting of the dot com bubble. According to an article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek trading volumes has declined considerably on the NYSE and NASDAQ. From the report: Both exchange companies are contending with similar forces: an overall slowdown in …
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The manufacturing sector was decimated with the past few decades due to globalization. Millions of workers lost their jobs as companies moved their factories overseas where labor cheap and regulations lax, especially in emerging countries. However in the past few years labor costs in countries such as China, India and others have soared reducing the …
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Most investors have stayed away from European banks since the credit crisis and the subsequent sovereign debt crises for good reason. Though European bank stocks rebounded last year and early this year, in the past few weeks they have fallen heavily due to the bailouts in Spain, political and fiscal issues in Greece and Italy …
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Asian banks for the most part remained relatively unscathed during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. However that situation appears to be changing. According to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal, “Despite relatively strong economic growth, risks for banks are growing in Asia. Among the risks are a big increase in lending in …