INVESTMENT

Hong Kong beat rivals Singapore and Australia to be rated the world’s freest economy for a straight seventeenth consecutive year, according to a ranking by US-based Heritage Foundation.

Goldman Sachs finally revealed how much money it makes from proprietary trading.

Text of Goldman Sachs 8-K filing showing 2010 earnings under new disclosure standards

Some market observers are extremely concerned about the impact of high-frequency trading upon the overall stock market.

A former technology analyst with Primary Global Research pleaded guilty on Tuesday to leaking confidential company information to hedge funds, part of the U.S. government's broad insider trading probe.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc , responding to pressure from shareholders, regulators and others, said it will disclose more information about how it makes money.

Traders are talking about buying dips again, concurs a Hong Kong dealer, noting that Asia physical market remains very tight for Gold Bars. Reuters says the Hong Kong premium for wholesale Gold Bars over benchmark London prices today held at $3 per ounce, a near 30-month high.

US stocks advanced in early trade on Tuesday as Alcoa kicked off the earnings season by beating forecasts, while Japan’s pledge to buy eurozone bonds eased concerns about eurozones debt.

Topics of this interview include Scott Carter highlighting the global dynamic of today's interest in gold, and how macro-economic trends continue to drive the decade long bull market of the precious metals. We also evaluate the possibility of seeing QE3 in 2011.

Dr. David Lynn, author of a book on commercial real estate investing in emerging market countries (specifically China, India and Brazil), shares his insights with IBTimes regarding why this class of asset is an attractive investment.

The Securities and Exchange Commission brought civil insider trading charges against the co-founder of a one-time $900 million hedge fund as part of the ongoing Galleon hedge fund probe.

For all its dilution and exceptions, the Volcker Rule is no joke and has prompted the exodus of prop traders from big banks like Goldman Sachs.

The Gold Price in Euros whipped within 1.5% of last month's all-time record highs in London trade on Monday, as weaker-economy Eurozone bonds fell sharply on a raft of bail-out rumors and leaks.

Fundraising by private equity firms globally is expected to increase 33 percent to over $300 billion in 2011 compared with last year, according to a study.

Online music sites are still around and still popular, as seen by the latest investment into SoundCloud, a Germany-based file sharing service.

Futures on major U.S. stock indices point to lower opening on Monday with futures on the S&P 500 down 0.58 percent, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.42 percent and Nasdaq100 futures down 0.40 percent.

A group of private equity firms including Apollo Global Management is interested in a buyout of food and beverage company Sara Lee Corp , and has made an approach to the company, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

Goldman Sachs' last large proprietary trading team is planning to leave the bank in order to start an independent hedge fund, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Bank shares are weakening after the Massachusetts State Supreme Judicial Court upheld a decision that two foreclosures from U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) were not valid because the banks did not properly show they held the mortgages at the time of the foreclosure.

Three people who were arrested by the federal agents last month in an operation seen as part of a widening probe into insider trading were granted bail on Tuesday.

Given how Apple shares have sailed into the stratosphere, supported by wildly successful product launches (thereby making lots of happy investors); the company is unlikely to hand out dividends for the foreseeable future.