Investment Strategy

European Elections Complicate Outlook

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: French Elections, Mohamed El-Erian, Market Outlook, Global Economy, Unemployment, Politics and Government, Employment, Bailouts, Investment Strategy, Federal Reserve, European Union, Europe, European Central Bank, Euro, Austerity, Business News
Mohamed A. El-Erian

Europe's election results sound an alarm for European integration and, consequently, the wellbeing of both the region and the global economy. Let us hope that the inevitable short-term volatility is a precursor to a more decisive effort to deal with the continent's festering problems.

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Market Inconsistencies Can Be Explained -- and Acted On

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Foreign Exchange, European Central Bank, Unemployment, Employment, Investment Strategy, Jobs, Dow Jones, Stock Market, Business News
Mohamed A. El-Erian

There are four factors that investors need to understand well in order to navigate what is a remarkably fluid outlook for markets.

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Markets Balance Solvency, Growth and Liquidity

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Europe Economy, European Debt Crisis, Global Economy, Bailouts, Investment Strategy, Federal Reserve, European Union, European Central Bank, Global Economic Crisis, World News
Mohamed A. El-Erian

The health of the global economy, and that of markets, depends on the success of a series of medium-term hand-offs between the public and private sectors -- in growth, balance sheets and credit flows.

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Today's Bounty, Tomorrow's Promise: Better Policies to Manage Natural Resources

Leslie Lipschitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas, Exchange Rate Regimes, Natural Resources, Training, Monetary Policy, Good Governance, Resource Wealth, Technical Assistance, Fiscal Policy, Distribution of Profits, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Investment Strategy, Oil, High Level Seminar on Natural Resources, Development, Minerals, Exploration Costs, Stable Macroeconomic Environment, World News
Leslie Lipschitz

It's one of the perennial questions in economic policy-making: How do we best manage the economic and social challenges that stem from resource wealth?

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An Investment Strategy for the Next Depression

Dan Solin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investment Strategy, Financial Crisis, Economic Depression, Business News
Dan Solin

The critical question is not: Will there be a depression? That's a question no one can reliably answer. The real question is: Am I in the right asset allocation? Here are some general guidelines.

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Has Warren Gone Off the Rails?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investment Strategy, Chicken, Investments, Warren Buffett, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Warren Buffett is investing $32 billion in Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the nation's 2nd largest railroad. At first blush, this is radically counter-intuitive. A railroad? Isn't that hopelessly brick-and-mortar?

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Buffett's Brand Strategy: Putting Stock In Household Names

Washington Post | Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Frank Ahrens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investment Strategy, Buffett's Brand Strategy, Buffett Investor, Warren Buffett, Stocks, Business News

From his growing list of acquisitions, Warren E. Buffett seems to be investing like the world's richest 10-year-old boy, if that boy lived in 1955 Ame...

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