Markets and Investing

This post was authored by Steve Skalka. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) have rapidly grown in popularity over the last several years. Today it is difficult to read an investment publication or tune into a financial television channel without being...

Mention the acronym “IRA” and most people think Individual Retirement Account. Did you know, however, that there are actually 11 types of IRAs? The most common IRAs include the Traditional and the Roth. For purposes of comparison, consider the...

1873 was an interesting year to be an American. Ulysses S. Grant began his second term as President, the Indian Wars raged on in the West, and October marked the beginning of the Long Depression. At Horizon Bank, we were just getting started. In...

The use of social media in contemporary electronic trading is often mistakenly believed to be a uniquely American phenomenon. In reality, traders around the world are simultaneously - and enthusiastically - embracing social media platforms like...

National television cameras from CNBC descended on Valparaiso Wednesday for an exclusive interview with Valparaiso-based Indiana Grain Company CEO Thomas Grisafi. CNBC was on hand to profile how Grisafi, a veteran commodities trader, and the team at...

This is just wild. According to Indiana University researchers, Twitter may be the greatest economic indicator yet: Researchers at IU Bloomington’s School of Informatics and Computing found the correlation between the value of the Dow Jones...

Exporting nations like the United States are finding that weaker currency spells stronger trade opportunities. That is, if their monetary moves don't first lead to a trade war, said two Purdue University agricultural economists. At least three major...

Market Technologies, LLC is proud to announce the release of VantagePoint 8.3, the latest version of its award-winning intermarket-analysis trading software. VantagePoint 8.3 offers the same high-quality trend-forecasting performance as earlier...

USA Today recently posted Moody’s Economy’s projections of job growth state by state. Indiana’s projection is at .4%, although you might be more interested to look at the sector breakdown, which accompanies the story. Economic...

Although the world was once primarily bipolar in terms of geopolitical influence, today it is mostly bipolar in terms of economic recovery and growth. At present, the global economic engines are turning at vastly different speeds and show an uneven...