The European Central Bank said it settled 1.704 billion euros ($2.2 billion) of covered-bond purchases last week as it started its latest effort to revive the [...]

European Central Bank Governing Council member Jens Weidmann said targeting the amount of assets owned by the ECB is a risky [...]

For almost six years, one of the most powerful bull markets on record has coexisted with the weakest economic recovery since World War II. This month’s [...]

As we previously reported, the ECB's latest stress test was once again patently flawed from the start. Why? Because as we noted earlier, in its most draconian, [...]

(Reuters) - BHP Billiton (BHP.AX) is planning to sell its Fayetteville shale gas assets in the United States, the mining and energy group said on Monday, in [...]

Here’s the news of the week – and how we see it here at McAlvany Wealth Management: On Again, Off Again – Stocks Play with Fed Resolve Stocks continued [...]

Here’s the news of the week – and how we see it here at McAlvany Wealth Management: The Real Culprit is Liquidity – or the Lack Thereof Equity markets [...]

Here’s the news of the week – and how we see it here at McAlvany Wealth Management: Fed-Induced Stock Rally Short-Lived Stocks rallied sharply following [...]

Here’s the news of the week – and how we see it here at McAlvany Wealth Management: Who Needs Stimulus When We’ve got the BLS? For most of the week, [...]

Here’s the news of the week – and how we see it here at McAlvany Wealth Management: Equities Stirred but Not Shaken US market action for most of the week [...]

Here’s the news of the week – and how we see it here at McAlvany Wealth Management: A Policy Inflection Point? Most of what transpired at this week’s [...]

The Euro Weakens and the Dollar Appears to be Stronger My remarks concerning the dollar and gold last week turned out to be a bit premature. The dollar’s [...]