HOT TOPIC - MahoneyGPS https://mahoneygps.com Sat, 01 Mar 2014 02:33:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 HOT TOPIC: Japan’s Market Performance Spurred by “Abenomics” and Revival Hopes https://mahoneygps.com/hot-topic-japans-market-performance-spurred-abenomics-revival-hopes/ Sat, 01 Mar 2014 02:33:41 +0000 http://mahoneygps.com/?p=2370 The Japanese Nikkei Stock Average surprised many investors when it surged 57% in 2013 — posting its best year since 1972 — while Japan’s economy showed promising signs of life...

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]]> HOT TOPIC: What Can We Expect in 2014? https://mahoneygps.com/hot-topic-expect-2014/ Wed, 01 Jan 2014 02:10:13 +0000 http://mahoneygps.com/?p=2346 The beginning of the year is a traditional time to look forward to potential economic developments. Although forecasts can change due to unforeseen circumstances, the outlook for 2014 is generally...

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]]> HOT TOPIC: Nobel Prize Winners Offer Investing Lessons https://mahoneygps.com/hot-topic-nobel-prize-winners-offer-investing-lessons/ Sun, 01 Dec 2013 01:23:37 +0000 http://mahoneygps.com/?p=2326 A trio of American scholars were recently awarded the 2013 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Eugene Fama and Lars Peter Hansen, professors at the University of Chicago, and Robert...

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]]> HOT TOPIC: What Can We Learn from the Government Shutdown? https://mahoneygps.com/hot-topic-learn-government-shutdown/ Fri, 01 Nov 2013 01:04:24 +0000 http://mahoneygps.com/?p=2305 Late in the night on October 16, Congress ended a 16-day government shutdown and prevented a potential default of federal financial obligations by passing the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014. President...

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]]> HOT TOPIC: Motor City Meltdown — What Happens Now to the Muni Bond Market? https://mahoneygps.com/hot-topic-motor-city-meltdown-muni-bond-market/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:57:08 +0000 http://mahoneygps.com/?p=2281 On July 18, 2013, the city of Detroit filed the largest public-sector bankruptcy in U.S. history.1 Though not entirely unexpected, the move unsettled the municipal bond market and generated widespread...

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]]> HOT TOPIC: When the Fed Speaks, Markets Listen. Should You? https://mahoneygps.com/hot-topic-fed-speaks-markets-listen-you/ Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:29:53 +0000 http://mahoneygps.com/?p=2260 Comments made by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke following the Federal Reserve’s June policy-setting meeting caused a stir in the financial markets. The realization that the Fed might cut back on...

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]]> HOT TOPIC: The Potential Effects of Airline Consolidation https://mahoneygps.com/hot-topic-potential-effects-airline-consolidation/ Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:12:03 +0000 http://mahoneygps.com/?p=2237 The proposed merger of US Airways and American Airlines, which the two companies hope to complete this summer, is the latest in a series of consolidations since 2001 that have...

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]]> HOT TOPIC: Tips to Help Protect Your Money, Privacy, and Identity https://mahoneygps.com/hot-topic-tips-protect-money-privacy-identity/ Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:56:13 +0000 http://mahoneygps.com/?p=2218 Federal prosecutors recently indicted members of an alleged gang of cyber thieves for stealing $45 million from banks in coordinated global attacks, each of which lasted only several hours. Sophisticated...

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]]> HOT TOPIC: Putting Market Records in Perspective https://mahoneygps.com/hot-topic-putting-market-records-perspective/ Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:37:28 +0000 http://mahoneygps.com/?p=2199 On March 5, 2013, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high of 14,253.77.¹ It took almost a month for the broader-based S&P 500 to follow suit, but...

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]]> HOT TOPIC: What to Expect from Federal Budget Cuts https://mahoneygps.com/hot-topic-expect-federal-budget-cuts/ Tue, 28 May 2013 22:21:19 +0000 http://mahoneygps.com/?p=2177 The Budget Control Act of 2011 mandated $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts, known as the sequester, if Congress failed to negotiate a more targeted deficit-reduction package. The blunt federal...

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