Author: Nishant Sheth
We have all heard of actions taken by the Federal Reserve ever so often, through the news or other media.  They wield strong influence of the American economy. This is in terms of monetary policy and the financial system as a whole. However, many argue that our society is not well informed enough [...]

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The article mentions the strong financial ability of the emerging markets. Fontevecchia states that it is highly unlikely to see the emerging markets help the other struggling global markets. In the article Jonathan Anderson of UBS’ global macro team stated that the rest of the global markets are looking towards the stronger emerging markets for [...]

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Author: Agustino Fontevecchia
This article is about the soon rally in crude oil prices and the reasons behind the rally. The article states that the markets have underestimated global demand. Another reason for the spike in oil prices is the weak U.S. dollar. Barclays predicts that a barrel of oil can rise up to $118. The article [...]

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Author: Nishant Sheth
There has been a lot of talk in recent months about America’s one percent. However, who really makes up the one percent? Recent reports say that now more than ever the one percent is made up mostly by people who work in finance. In 1979, the top 1% was made up of 8% [...]

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Author: Steve Schaefer
​This article mentions the attorney generals in California and New York pursuit to take back money for families in foreclosed homes. The five major banks in the U.S.: Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and Ally Financial, agreed to payout a total of $25 billion.  This money will be used to provide [...]

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Author: Nishant Sheth
As some of you may already know, on February 1st Facebook decided to announce plans for an initial public offering. The IPO could value at up to $100 billion. This is a landmark figure for a company like Facebook, who is into social networking. Facebook is a very useful and integral tool in [...]

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​Author: Josh Adler
This article mentions the improving jobs market.  Non-farm employment jumped 243,000, or 0.2% from December according to the economist.  This December had the highest increase of jobs in nine months.  The unemployment rate fell to a three year low of 8.3%.  There has also been an increase in construction as 21,000 construction jobs [...]

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