Articles tagged with 'Investing news & comment'

The market has now entered into its first "correction" (a 10%+ pull back from recent highs) since the bull market began about 14 months ago. Painful memories are still fresh from 2008. What now? What is the correct response to a correction?

First, let me say what I think is going on...

Just before 3 pm on Thursday, May 6, the common shares of Proctor & Gamble* seemed to have fallen 37%. The rest of the market followed quickly, and in just over 20 minutes the Dow Jones Industrials^ fell just shy of 1,000 points. Never before has the market fallen that far, that fast. I...

Let’s be optimistic and assume for a moment the markets have indeed turned around and the next bull market has begun.  What will the recovery look like?  The question requires a brief comment about our economy.  Capitalism is the most wealth-enhancing economic system t...

In April, we noted the market’s March turnaround and wondered whether it would continue.  The hopeful signs were economists’ predictions of an end to the recession in the 3rd quarter of this year, and a lot of cash on the sidelines waiting to take advantage of new opportunitie...

You might be wondering what the impact of the recently concluded mid-term elections will be on your SRI (sustainable, responsible) portfolio. After all, the hoped-for social and environmental objectives of that portfolio do not exactly reflect the social agenda of the new conservative politici...

Article written by: Forefield, Inc.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed into law in 2010, makes significant changes to our health care delivery system. Some of these reforms took effect in 2010 while many others take place in 2011. The following is a brief de...

I flew out of the Newark Airport on Tuesday afternoon, May 24, headed to Dallas, TX to present a resolution at the ExxonMobil* annual shareholders’ meeting on behalf of Green Century Capital Management. The resolution was related to oil drilling operations in the tar sands of Alberta, C...

I've been married for 32 years and I know my wife pretty well. I know that when we are together and she is being very quiet, something is amiss. Sooner or later, I ask the first question, "Is something wrong?" A non-committal answer, no or yes, usually means, "Yes, something is wrong." Continu...

We all want to know where the markets are heading, and whether another recession is imminent. We watch the headlines about government debt problems in Europe and in the U.S., and we watch our politicians, our so-called "leaders," fight, fumble, and fail. With the Great Recession of 2008 still ...

Ever since the possibility of default on Greek sovereign debt has become headline news, a lot of people have found themselves wondering, "How is it possible for the financial problems of a country so small and so far away to create such turmoil in the world's markets?" What's happening in Euro...