Everyone knows who PayPal is.  Do you know who competes against PayPal (and I use this term very loosely, since they dominate the market)? I did a search just a few minutes to see who’s in business still, and which ones have gone by the wayside. It’s a volatile market - very few compani...

Interesting WSJ column about decoupling amongst various assets: "Turbulent financial markets are starting to look a little bit like a hoedown gone awry. The wild gyrations in markets in recent weeks and months are shaking up some of the longstanding trading relationships between different types of f...

NRO’s Editors: The economy is less in need of stimulus and more in need of a Congress that understands its strengths. Two sectors in particular are proving their resilience: Export-oriented businesses are thriving, because the dollar’s relative weakness is making U.S. products a good buy oversea...

From John S. Boyd who blogs at BlindReason.org   There is a big debate in Congress now about another stimulus package as fears about another potential downturn in the economy via Bloomberg here (insert link) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a5P_x5HfhQA0&refer=home with an exc...

This post is a guest contribution by Prieur du Plessis, Investment Postcards from Cape Town The end is neigh was what many despondent investors were starting to believe as the past week kicked off with volatile trading amid concerns that US regional bank IndyMac's demise was a harbinger of many more...

This post is a guest contribution by Prieur du Plessis, Investment Postcards from Cape Town The end is nigh was what many despondent investors were starting to believe as the past week kicked off with volatile trading amid concerns that US regional bank IndyMac's demise was a harbinger of many more ...

I am sure that you have read various references online and in other news media where derivatives have been referred to as financial WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction). I think the term was originally coined by none other than Warren Buffett. To find out more about it, and to get some inside scoop as...

Howzit I receive emails from all over the world about photographs that ostensibly show the inside of Mugabe's mansion in Harare. To each email that I receive, I reply that the mansion in the pictures is NOT Mugabe's. For the simple reason that the photographs of the opulent interior and exterior of ...

This is not a Forex trading post. While doing my regular Sunday morning reading and chart browsing, I see this interesting picture. I happened to open up charts of Asian markets related ETFs, what a unity. Nothing new, just to note down, probably, the first bear market in my life. Yup, I am just tur...

It seems like it won’t be long before there’s an exchange traded fund (ETF) for the most far-flung currency you can think of. Rydex is bringing us a step closer to that with the creation of four more currency-focused funds to join their growing CurrencyShares family. These funds will tra...