Guide to Investing

Indian shares rise as investors continue to cheer a deficit reduction forecast and other measures announced for this year’s fiscal budget.

Violence in Libya continues to stoke uncertainty.

Indian shares extend gains on relief that the federal budget didn’t propose an increase in manufacturing taxes, and despite wide skepticism that a planned reduction in the nation’s fiscal deficit can be achieved.

Reserve Bank of Australia leaves key cash rate at 4.75%, as expected.

If these stocks do poorly it could be an indicator that the market will soon follow, writes Michael Kahn.

In March, the ides of oil prices are unlikely to play nice with our priced-in pre-crisis assumptions of the pace of recovery, writes Jim Lowell.

Hilary Kramer suggests four companies headquartered in Ireland that could put more a lot more green in your wallet.

Lawrence McMillan crunches the numbers and discovers that a stunning 94% of gains by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index last year were made on the first trading day of each month.

Any healthy bull market is characterized by the emergence of strong young companies that are ready to blossom into positions of strength in their particular market niche. Gil Morales and Chris Kacher have three picks for March.

The game has materially changed, and the slope is most likely to be down for quite a while, writes Thomas Kee.