Financial Interactive

Most New Year’s Resolutions revolve around how much weight someone is going to lose or how good they want to look at the beach. While losing weight and feeling better is a great goal, there are plenty of other wonderful things to work towards. If you’re focus for 2012 is improving your bank statement then you’re not alone. The start of a new year is a fantastic time to set goals and start measuring your success.

For business owners, whether your company be small, mid-size, or enormous, following a few simple tips may not have much of an impact overall on how well you do.  For the average worker, however, there are loads of simple things that you can do to increase your income.

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The financial developments around the world are very complex and intricately related to each other. As the Euro crisis has shown, companies and politicians in the USA and China have become alert the problems evolving abroad. The trading markets, stock exchanges and currency values of one place cannot be seen as separate mechanisms, but they go hand in hand and depend on each other.

One aspect which has recently become very important is the rating agencies’ evaluations of each country’s solvency. These ratings can affect the trading situation and political influence of the country on the international level.
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Business relationships with banks are suffering, both from the credit crunch and from ever changing relationship managers. Interest rates are low on capital, but high on loans, if loans are even possible. Additional charges associated with banking are also being perceived as too high.  Research is suggesting that satisfaction with banks is very low, but so is the likelihood of companies actually changing banks. And relationship managers are being cited for both ends of the spectrum.
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Unlike most asset classes, Treasury bonds had an excellent year in 2011. Whereas domestic equities were essentially flat for the year, Treasuries saw an almost ten percent return, benefiting greatly from the flight to safety that has taken place since the 2008 credit crisis.

After the near-collapse of the financial system during that fateful summer in 2008, the stock market tanked, and the economy sunk into a recession. With investors suffering from terrible losses, they looked for any place where they would be guaranteed security of principal. As it turned out, that place was U.S. Treasury bonds.
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