Economic Indicators

Avoid the highest-yield stocks

The returns from the last 30 years aren’t good predictors of the future.

By Jacqueline Louie |March 8, 2013

2 min read

U.S. banks could lose $462 billion in crisis

If unemployment soars and equity prices tumble, top U.S. banks will be better-equipped to cope than they would have been before the financial crisis.

By Melissa Shin |March 7, 2013

1 min read

Chinese equities may join global indices

Mainland China shares may be on global benchmark indices within three years, reports FT.com.

By Staff |March 6, 2013

1 min read

Sequestration a faux crisis

You would think the media had learned its lesson from the non-event that was the fiscal cliff. But anxiety equals ratings in the television game, so ‘sequestration’ is on everyone's mind these days.

By David Andrews |March 4, 2013

4 min read