The financial reform bill poses challenges to the US financial sector but isn’t as damaging as many had expected. Read More

The eurozone, the most unloved region in the investment universe, offers plenty of high-quality bargains. Read More

The global economic picture is much as we predicted: a subpar recovery in developed nations and continued growth in emerging markets. Read More

Consolidation among rural telecom firms is all about building scale. Here’s how to profit. Read More

Watered down in an effort to garner votes, the financial reform bill still poses headwinds for most of the financial industry. Nevertheless, one sector stands to benefit. Read More

PF Associate Editor Benjamin Shepherd, who’s also editor of Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street, recently talked with Ian Bremmer, founder and president of The Eurasia Group, a research and consulting firm that focuses on political risk to help businesses navigate the craggy shoals of international expansion, about issues facing Google and other US companies in China and elsewhere. Read More

A dispassionate analysis of the data doesn’t support the conclusion that the world is headed for a double-dip recession, nor does it back up the idea that the EU’s newfound fiscal responsibility will doom the global economy. Rather, the data suggests that we’re in for a slow, grinding recovery. Read More

US stocks rose modestly ahead of second quarter earnings beginning next week. Read More

US stocks rose for the third day in a row as better-than-expected drop in jobless claims and stronger retail sales at some retailers boosted confidence. Read More

A Chinese growth portfolio holding expands with a new investment. Read More