Forex Fundamental Analysis

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic goals are to reverse nearly twenty years of deflation in the Japanese economy, inject a modest level of inflation (the target is 2%) and restore the economy to growth.

Last week saw all of the major stock markets making ground with the sole exception of the Nikkei which slipped back. Get the fundamental weekly analysis for Sept. 1, 2014 here.

With stocks climbing to new highs and potentially drawing fresh money into the equity market, the classic gold-bug argument that the dollar will weaken and only gold can truly store value is being severely questioned.

Is China’s mobile internet the most lucrative sector in the country? According to Fosun International, the country's largest private investment firm, this is indeed the case. Fosun, the Chinese investment company, already has a cooperation agreement in place with Chinese internet giant Alibaba.

World economies may appear to be on the mend, but when analysts delve deeper they find symptoms of financial deterioration. The euro zone's is at an even keel; China's economy is slowing down; Japan's tanked in the second quarter; the United Kingdom has wage deflation and the U.S. economy is barely holding its own.

Iron ore has taken a beating this year, with prices correcting over 30 percent from their year-to-date high of $135 a ton in January. Surprisingly, some analysts see this as the perfect buying opportunity.

In its annual “Cost of Raising a Child” report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed that an average middle-income family in the United States can expect to spend about $245,000 over 18 years to raise a child born in 2013.

It may look that way because of some improvements in specific areas of the economy, but the Great Recession never truly ended for millions of Americans.

spotlight in recent years as China intensifies its efforts to bring companies into compliance with a 2008 anti-monopoly law.

As the economy slowly improves, Americans are racking up more debt. And experts say they often make big mistakes when trying to shed that debt and get out of the red.

U.S. retail sales unexpectedly stalled in July, pointing to some loss of momentum in the economy early in the third quarter and showing the worst performance in six months as car demand slowed and tepid wage growth restrained U.S. consumers.

Have you ever wondered what the impact was of automated payments on your credit score? Google didn’t bring up very much information and in fact, very little research has been done on the subject.

Singapore’s economy expanded last quarter as manufacturing declined less than initially estimated amid recoveries in advanced countries. The unexpected growth was helped along by a strong showing in its financial and insurance sectors.

Two years after Mark Zuckerberg took Facebook Inc public, people aren’t laughing anymore. Facebook shares surged to a record high today rising as much as 6.7 percent to $76.03 at the open in New York and topping the previous intraday high of $72.59 set in March.

U.S. stocks are at record highs and many analysts are saying they're overpriced. This has motivated American investors to diversify their portfolios into cheaper international stocks. According to Investment Company Institute (ICI) data, investors have moved a net $6.3 billion from U.S. stock funds this year, while putting $60.5 billion in foreign stock funds.