Sochi

The top performing countries thus far in the 2014 Winter Olympics are a mixed group that covers three continents. The question is whether their success grabbing medals at the Olympics will result in strong results for their country’s stock market? The small Northern European country of...

Every four years, the Winter Olympics takes the world by storm. Though not quite as popular as its warmer climate cousin – the Summer Olympics – the winter version of the games commands a respect all its own. Though the Olympics are about sportsmanship and athleticism, but capitalists...

While the world watches which countries take home medals from the current Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, one group of analysts has been looking at medal counts as an indicator of a nation's economic health. In a note to investors last week, market strategists at ConvergEx Group, a New York-...

After all the news – positive and negative – and the media hype -- good and bad – the 22nd Winter Olympics are finally here and underway in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. There's been a lot already written about the cost of these Winter Games – estimated at close to $60 billion, or...

As the 2014 Winter Olympics get underway, the stories coming out of Russia are both entertaining and fascinating. Among the headlines, if you connect to the Internet, you can pretty much bank on getting hacked according to one report. Then there’s the multiple images flooding social media of...