Author: InvestAdvocate

Exclusive Interview with Emmanuel Ikhazoboh: 100 days After

The Interim Administrator of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Emmanuel Ikazoboh, yesterday said that the capital market community and stakeholders should expect a substantive Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Exchange in the first quarter of 2011.   Ikazoboh made this disclosure yesterday while speaking on his 100 days […]

Fed Orders 2nd Round of Stress Tests

By DEBORAH SOLOMON & DANIEL FITZPATRICK, Washington   The Federal Reserve plans to scrutinize the nation’s top 19 banks for a second time, the latest indication federal regulators are seeking to toughen oversight of the nation’s biggest financial institutions.   The Fed, in guidance issued Wednesday, said the 19 largest […]

Housing Outlook 2011: When Home Prices Will Head Up

Property values are still drifting down, but look for relief at the end of 2011 By Pat Mertz Esswein, Kiplinger.com Nov 16, 2010 The lowest mortgage interest rates in almost 60 years, plus affordable homes in cities where buyers had been priced out for years, should be turning the housing market around. […]