Iraq’s instability spreads to the world’s weaker currencies
Breakfast with Benjamin: Currencies feeling pressure from Iraq. Plus: Gold bugs still not convinced of the next big move, select energy stocks correlate with Iraq unrest, Americans are unable to save money in this economy, and the SEC zeros in on liquid alternative funds.
- The fighting in Iraq might not be hurting stocks, but it is putting pressure on some of the most fragile global currencies. This could be the tipping point that can no longer be ignored. The oil-price influence
- Gold’s June rally is still not enough to convince hardcore timers that the precious metal is on another move upward. Bullish bedfellows
- Select energy stocks riding high on Iraq’s unrest. Profits and energy prices
- A quarter of Americans have no emergency savings and the outlook for that to improve is not good. ‘People are not making progress.’
- PwC takes a closer look at the SEC’s dive into liquid alternative mutual funds. Liquidity, leverage and governance come into focus
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