Topic: Investing

China stocks are set for more rangebound trading on Friday, as investors continued to grapple with global and domestic economic uncertainties.

The euro zone debt crisis will continue to dominate European stocks in 2012, with even well-run companies in danger of being sucked into the morass, according to S&P Capital IQ.

Fixed-income investors are once again looking sage-like, as the latest eruption in the EU crisis ravages equities.  Two of these funds are up more than 7 percent.

China stocks may trade lower on Thursday, weighed down by uncertainties about the global economy and China's own fiscal policy response.

China is rolling out sweeping brokerage reforms to nurture future global investment banks that officials hope could eventually compete with the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, a regulatory document showed. 

Allowing high-frequency computer traders into the stock market is like letting “rats in the granary,” Warren Buffett’s right-hand man said in an exclusive CNBC interview.

Analysts say China stocks can only extend gains on Wednesday if volume can increase to match.

JPMorgan Chase is one of the best banks in the U.S., with some of the best managers in the industry, and one trading error will not change that, Richard Bove, vice president of equity research, financial sector, at Rochdale Securities, told CNBC’s “Worldwide Exchange.”

China stocks are expected to be rangebound on Tuesday. The Shanghai Composite nudged up 0.16 percent to end at 2348.3 on Monday, trading was thin.

China stocks are expected to weaken further after losing 2.1 percent last week.

Trans-Atlantic tension in JPMorgan Chase’s chief investment office in 2010 and 2011 contributed to the unit’s giant losing trades in 2012, current and former bankers said, The New York Times reports.

Average U.S. rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week. The steady decline has made home-buying and refinancing more affordable than ever for those who can qualify. The Christian Science Monitor reports.

Spain's borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction on Thursday and Spanish banks suffered a double blow as 16 had their credit ratings cut by Moody's.

The IPO process is critical to the economy’s ability to generate wealth and innovation, says a University of Chicago finance professor.

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