Xavier Brenner

Xavier Brenner

520 posts

Xavier Brenner has covered global market, business and economic trends for Interactive Advisors since 2013. An experienced financial journalist, Brenner offers analysis and insights on the stories that matter to the discerning investor.

A Iran deal and the U.S. shale boom are bad news for Russia

Outlook

Russia’s dim economic future in a world of energy abundance

The Twitter debate: Hyped-up money loser or the next big thing?

Outlook

What Twitter needs to do to justify its stock price

Some bears think debt-burdened Japan may be ripe for a bond market crash.

Outlook

Will shorting Japan be the monster trade of 2014?

Greece may finally be emerging from a crushing six-year economic depression.

Strategies

A Greek siren song enchants high risk investors

Correlations among a portfolio's asset classes are in a constant state of flux.

Strategies

The real deal on portfolio diversification

U.S. investors have treated European equities as if they were radioactive in recent years. Americans have been net sellers in European stocks from 2008 until the start of this year, with the exception of a brief period in 2010, according to data compiled by Goldman Sachs. It’s not hard to […]

Outlook Strategies