Industry Summits
Energy shares rank among top picks in '09
After plummeting about 40 percent in the second half of this year, they are looking attractively priced to some of biggest investors as they position themselves for 2009. Full Article
Consumer spending to ebb more than investors see
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer consumption, long an engine of the U.S. economy, is poised to contract the most since World War Two and may impede a fast recovery that many equity investors are counting on. Full Article
Ailing global economies to lift dollar in 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar's rally may be losing steam, but top money managers expect a deepening global recession and a persistent credit crunch to continue to enhance the currency's allure well into next year. Full Article
Wall Street's richest investors feeling the pinch
(Reuters) - Like the rest of the country, the sliding U.S. economy will force Wall Street's biggest investors to clamp down on their own spending this holiday season. Full Article
Pimco's El-Erian sees zero growth in '09
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mohamed El-Erian, co-chief of the powerful money manager Pacific Investment Management Co., on Wednesday said the U.S. economy "unambiguously" faces the prospect of zero growth in 2009, even if interest rates keep falling, and it is too soon to say markets have bottomed. Full Article | Video
Jim Rogers calls most big U.S. banks "bankrupt"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jim Rogers, one of the world's most prominent international investors, on Thursday called most of the largest U.S. banks "totally bankrupt," and said government efforts to fix the sector are wrongheaded. Full Article
Money managers brace for unorthodox Fed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve will stretch the boundaries of monetary policy to shore up the economy but a direct purchase of equities is unlikely, money managers told the Reuters Investment Outlook Summit this week. Full Article
Top quotes from the Investment Outlook Summit
(Reuters) - Here are some of the top quotes from guests attending the Reuters Investment Outlook 2009 Summit this week: Full Article
Commodities "horribly" hit, not killed: Rogers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jim Rogers, the famous investor and author on commodities, said on Thursday the credit crisis has not killed the bull market in commodities as many imagined, but just dealt it a "horrible setback". Full Article
U.S. government cash may avert sustained deflation
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swift U.S. government action to flood the financial system with cash should prevent deflation from suffocating the economy, some of the world's best-known investors told the Reuters Investment Outlook Summit this week. Full Article
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