Money & Markets – Week of 07.27.14

Mercosur Finally Agrees on Joint Trade Proposal to Exchange With the EU
Merco Press | 29 July 2014
Mercosur members finally agreed this week on a draft joint proposal to be presented to the European Union…

One-Third of Americans are Delinquent on Their Debt
Yahoo! Finance | 29 July 2014
If you’ve been on the receiving end of an unsolicited phone call from a debt collector, you’re far from alone…

Spanish Bond Yields Tumble Below 2.5% – Lowest In History
Bloomberg | 28 July 2014
European peripheral bond yields have compressed from “whatever it takes” highs to “whatever…” lows…

Angola Delays Stock Market to 2017 to Fix Company Accounting
Bloomberg | 25 July 2014
Angola, sub-Saharan Africa’s third-largest economy, won’t start equities trading until at least 2017 because companies need to improve their accounting records…

Respecting the Message of Bob Farrell’s Rule #7
Financial Sense | 25 July 2014
There are many successful investors who have accumulated decades of experience and have drilled down their pearls of wisdom to insightful lists…

Report Shows 1 in 3 Texans Chooses Renewable Energy Options
Tyler Morning Telegraph | 27 July 2014
A Texas Empowerment report released by Choose Energy shows that about one in three Texans choose renewably sourced energy options…

Never Too Old for E-Commerce, Chinese Company Says
The New York Times | 28 July 2014
A spokeswoman for Alibaba, the Chinese company that operates the popular Taobao e-commerce site…

Money Funds Embrace U.S. SEC’s Rules to Escape FSOC
Bloomberg | 23 July 2014
Given a choice between a regulator whose mission is to promote growth through investment…

Swiss & Chinese Central Banks Enter Swap Agreement
Armstrong Economics | 24 July 2014
The Swiss National Bank and the People’s Bank of China reached a currency swap agreement on Monday…