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Goldman says there's no financial bubble in the stock market

(Read more: Goldman: Stay out of emerging markets) The firm likes several relatively pricey sectors. One is U.S. technology stocks, based on strong corporate free cash flows and prospects for corporate earnings growth. The Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index has gained about 141 percent over the past five years. Another is high-yield credit, based on […]

Press releases – Markit

London and New York, NY – Markit, a leading global diversified provider of financial information services, today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common shares. The IPO would be solely a secondary offering.

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Our Outlook for the Stock Market – Morningstar

Not a Time to Time the MarketAmerican business will do fine over time. And stocks will do well just as certainly, since their fate is tied to business performance. Periodic setbacks will occur, yes, but investors and managers are in a game that is heavily stacked in their favor. (The Dow Jones Industrials advanced from 66 to 11,497 in the […]

How Much Do You Trust the Stock Market? – Wall St. Cheat Sheet

More than five years after the credit meltdown began and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression crippled the nation, stocks have rebounded sharply to new all-time highs. However, with the Federal Reserve often receiving most of the credit for the rally, many Americans do not view the stock market as a wealth creator.The financial bubbles of yesteryear still […]

Credit Markets Signal Stock Market Party To Continue In 2014 …

Ben Bernanke’s gift to the markets on Wednesday December 18, 2013 in my review was really no big surprise. What would have been a surprise was an announcement that in the coming year the Fed was actually going to move to a neutral monetary policy. But, as I stated in my last article, “now is not the time to exit […]

Microsoft Exec Charged With Insider Trading, SEC Alleges 400K In …

Reality is always better than fiction. Today the Securities and Exchange Commission charged a — now former — Microsoft “senior manager” with insider trading. The employee, Brian Jorgenson, is accused of working with a friend to trade Microsoft stock and shares of its partners ahead of news such as earnings, generating almost $400,000 in profits over the course of the […]

Gold Stocks: The Great Contrarian Trade Of 2014? | Zero Hedge

In my experience, one of the singular best investment strategies is to buy assets/asset classes which are most reviled by investors. By reviled, I mean assets where a mere mention of you wanting to invest in them generates nervous sniggers among others, if not howling laughter. Where upon their mention, people hand you business cards, not their own but of […]

5 Ways to Be a Social Media Supersleuth – Raven Tools

Social media monitoring gets a bad rep.On one end of the spectrum, it’s the rote, boring thing you have to do to keep up with your brand’s mentions. On the other end of the spectrum, it’s… well, super-creepy stalking.I prefer to think of social monitoring as sleuthing – using all the resources available to you to get the fullest picture […]

Weekly Technical Analysis – “Dec Overshoot Target S&P500 1850 …

Here below the latest Swiss team’s technical weekly multi market comments and analysis.The price trend work remains intact as does sentiment and sectoral work with the finance sector finally joining the break out sectors.Europe, major index wise,  the Dax remains bullish (as does the ftse100) but the IBEX is theoretically the beta especially given the bias of the Swiss team […]