With the economic slowdown weighing more on Europe, the ECB decided to hold its interest rates at a seven-year high of 4.25%.  Here are some world interest rates as a point of comparison.   Read More

This is not a time to get stressed about losing money – but to refocus on who is still generating sustainable earnings.   Read More

Stocks moved lower midday as oil and heating oil moved up. The dollar was also weaker, as the ECB is set to raise rates tomorrow. The key event today was the weakness in leadership groups. Today coal and energy stocks were notably weaker on no real news.   Read More

I just finished a quick hit on "Street Signs" with Erin Burnett. The Fed kept the Fed Funds rate unchanged but I like the statement they issued. I read it as saying the upside risk to inflation is more on their minds than anything else.   Read More

The markets have worked themselves into a frenzy of navel contemplation about today's Fed meeting, and the "consensus" seems to be investors are collectively worried about Ben Bernanke & Co. sounding too hawkish.   Read More

Would you believe it? It's already 10 years, since Riverdance power-danced the new bank for Europe through its inauguration at Frankfurt's venerated old opera, with great fanfare, festive speeches and "Ode to Joy", Europe's national anthem.   Read More

Erin Burnett has been travelling the globe in search of the market movers of tomorrow.  So far she has been to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Mumbai, India.  Today, she is in London.  Like last week's comparison of the UAE and India, here are some stats comparing the UK and the US.   Read More

- Notes from an ECB groupie's travelog -    Read More