Reuters: Stocks & Shares News

Don't chase market stampedes as risks run amok

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:54:24 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - If both the perma-bears and perma-bulls are wrong in their immovable convictions about the long-term global investment outlook, then 2012 may require a more agile beast and possibly one with both claws and hooves.

Exuberant Indian markets gloss over economic reality

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:39:03 +0000

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Surging capital inflows, booming stock markets and a fast-appreciating currency suggest the India story is again shining after a dismal 2011.

Euro zone strugglers lack innovative knack

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:48:01 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - To get an idea of the economic mountain euro zone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010.

Merkozy fights to prevent Merkollande

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:50:36 +0000

PARIS (Reuters) - Things must be getting desperate if Angela Merkel is intervening in French politics to try to save Nicolas Sarkozy from defeat.

Japan's stay-at-home firms finally spread their wings

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:49:58 +0000

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese companies are again venturing offshore, and this time a new breed of business is striking deals overseas.

A sobering look at Facebook

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:34:45 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - It's the year's hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients.

Bond benchmarks put investors in undue danger

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:15:58 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are needlessly exposing themselves to huge potential losses by defying two golden rules for making money through bonds - lend more to those who will pay on time in full and less to those already saturated in debt.

Spectre of forced selling haunts rallying Italy debt

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:41:27 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Italy's bonds have made sizzling returns this year but fears the country will lose its investment-grade status are putting off long-term investors whose support Rome needs to tackle a mountain of refinancing and ease worries about its debt.

Facebook IPO tests easy growth assumptions

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:09:39 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Facebook hurtles toward one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history, its honeymoon with investors may already be over.

Facebook's daunting Asian challenge

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:11:15 +0000

(Reuters) - Facebook aims to connect all two billion Internet users. So far it has captured 845 million of them. Of the rest, nearly 60 percent live in Asia and hooking them is going to be a daunting challenge.