Is Brazil Finding A Bottom? As I noted yesterday, emerging markets have been struggling mightily in the past few months. An excellent example of the weakness in emerging markets can be found in Brazil, where the Brazil country ETF (EWZ) fell 44.3% from a late May ... Go to Full Article

Google-Yahoo Partnership Faces Regulatory Review In California On June 12, Yahoo (YHOO) in a move to thwart Microsoft’s (MSFT) takeover attempts said it would run ads supplied by Google (GOOG) alongside search query results, in a four-year deal estimated to bring the Web Portal up to $800...

A Weekly Wrap-Up Of Sectors The Materials Sector (XLB) may bounce and meet resistance at around $39. Regardless, the materials are in a confirmed downtrend and must see a capitulation before a strong rally occurs. As hedge funds continue to sell off their holdings ... Go to Full Article

We’re Still A Long Way From A Real Banking Crisis So far this year, 11 US banks have failed (FDIC data here), out of 8451 FDIC-insured banks, matching the 11 … . Article Published On GraceCheng.com - visit Grace Cheng Financial News & Opinions for more great ... Go to Full Article

Israel Moves To Tackle Domestic Water Problem Israel is second to none when it comes to innovative technology for the water industry. From drip irrigation, to the water quality testing solution that was used in Beijing to keep the water events safe, Israel has been at the forefront ... Go...

Main Street Shoulders A Bigger Load Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer. This is the 500lb anchor Hank Paulson slipped around you ankle while you were hanging out over the weekend. It was another busy Sunday for Hank and the boys. Insovency never sleeps. ... Go to Full Article

Dollar Rally Hurt By Rate Outlook And Lehman, Fed Will Decide Direction (Forex Video) The US dollar ends the week with a potentially market-defining pull back. Will the Fed's rate decision recharge the greenback or confirm a reversal? Go to Full Article

Japanese Yen Set for Sharp Volatility on Lehman Brothers News The Japanese Yen finished almost exactly unchanged against the US dollar to end the week’s trade, but strong volatility from the US S&P 500 and other global... Go to Full Article

US Dollar Losing Bullish Steam Ahead Of Fed Rate Decision Next Tuesday A lot of maybes are now swirling around in the air of the financial markets. Speculation is now rife that the Fed may spring a surprise interest rate cut as they are concerned about the widening spreads in the credit...

Korean Blogging Software Provider Acquired By Google TNC (Tatter and Company) a blogging platform company based in Seol, South Korea, according to co-CEO Chang Kim - has been acquired by Google (GOOG). The acquisition of TNC which offers a blogging platform similar as Automatic, ... Go...

United Feeling Downward Pressure We are maintaining our Hold on UAL Corp., or United (UAUA), as well as our $10 target price as the industry is still hostage to oil prices since fuel is the largest single expense category on the income statement and we do not expect ... Go to Full Article

A List Of Items Which Are A Damned Shame And Which Are Generating ... Well, what can we say? Another day, another US government intervention- this time to broker a buyer for Lehman Brothers (LEH). Per the usual, someone got wind of it beforehand, leading to the by-now de rigeur spike in the...

Hurricane Ike And Oil Prices With another disastrous hurricane carving its way through the offshore oil drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), we take note of how oil prices are reacting. While far from their all-time highs mere months ago (near $150 per ... Go to Full Article

Good Dividend News With the market as ugly as it has been over the last week, it is nice to get some good dividend news on a couple of the stocks I follow. Markets like these tend to drive down the good along with the troubled and many good companies ... Go to Full Article

Quicksilver Target Adjusted Lower We are maintaining our Buy recommendation on Quicksilver Resources, Inc. (KWK) but decreasing our target price to $40 from $42 per share. The company’’s growth story remains strong and with the recent accretive Alliance acquisition, ... Go to Full...