“Shadow inventory,” the number of homes that are either in foreclosure or are likely to end up in foreclosure, creates substantial but hidden pressure on housing prices and potential losses to banks and investors. This is a critical figure for …
Oil joining food, precious metals, cotton and virtually every other commodity in the “how high can it go?” game….
Oil prices surged more than 4% early Monday as antigovernment protests in the Middle East and Africa intensified, raising worries abo…
The markets rolled merrily along on Wednesday in spite of facing $71 billion in the settlement of new Treasury debt on Thursday and Friday. Click…