SOFTS-White sugar falls on looming global supply glut

NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) – White sugar futures fell on Tuesday, with the spot premium over raw sugar slipping to its lowest in more than 2-1/2 years on signs of a looming global supply glut. SUGAR * October white sugar settled down $11.50, or 3.1...

How the Vanguard Effect Adds Up to $1 Trillion

In the usually bleak debate over the economic health of average Americans and the utility of the finance industry, here’s a happy statistic: A private-sector wealth-transfer machine has saved average investors $1 trillion. That machine is Vanguard, and its model is...

Crowdfunding Must Get Back to Its Roots

There have been two articles or reports that have been published since June 2014, which could spell disaster for Crowdfunding unless its leaders get Crowdfunding heading back to its community roots. The first was a June article, “For many startups there is no crowd in...

Tracking Facebook’s Valuation

How much is Facebook worth? The company was projected to surpass $3 billion in revenue in 2011, but it is expected to reach a valuation of up to $100 billion by the time of its initial public offering later this year. When Facebook files a prospectus for an I.P.O....

4 Major Secular Bear Markets, 1900-2011

Source: Monthly Chart Portfolio, Merrill Lynch Market Analysis, November 4, 2011 I mentioned yesterday I had a long term chart of secular bear markets that was informative; the above chart (via Merrill Lynch) is what I was referring to. There are three issues worth...