Renewed worries about Europe overshadowed an encouraging U.S.jobs report on Thursday, leaving major stock indexes roughly where they started. Germany’s economy shrank more than expected late last year, and the slowdown in Europe‘s largest economy deepened the region’s ongoing recession. That’s a troubling sign for the U.S., because sales to […]
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Julius Berger, Ashaka join market making stocks
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and Ashaka Cement Plc have joined 33 other stocks in the basket of market makers. This brings the total number of market making stocks on the Nigerian Stock Exchange to 35, in line with the phased introduction of additional stocks by the Exchange to its market […]
How Stocks Beats Bonds and Commodities in 2012
When it’s midnight and there’s no one around to kiss, you take what you can get. Your editor has always employed this strategy on New Year’s Eve. Looking back on 2012, it looks like investors adopted pretty much the same strategy: take whatever you can get to beat currency debasement […]
