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There has been a great deal of talk about the housing recovery. Sales of existing homes steadily rose between mid-2011 and mid-2013 on the back of a weak U.S. dollar and an increase in the money […]
When Australian activists conducted a spoof solar energy installation assessment for their climate change-doubting Prime Minister Tony Abbot’s residence (“The Lodge”) last month, the intent may have been satirical, but the software they used is anything but. In fact, virtually simulating solar energy installations from afar has quietly become a commonplace in the solar industry, which is rapidly embracing big […]
This is a chart showing trading in a company called CYNK Technology since June 17. The stock is up nearly 25,000%. That’s not a typo.Google FinanceThe company’s stock, which the folks at ZeroHedge first alerted us to, has gone from $0.10 on June 17 to $14.71 as of Wednesday’s close. At its current stock price, the company’s market cap is […]
Bitcoin Technical Analysis 4th JulyBy Forexminute – Yes Option | Bitcoin | Jul 4, 2014 6:48AM BSTAs can be seen from the BTC/USD hourly chart above, the price of Bitcoin continues to be in entrapped a narrow trading range of 20 points. The trading range, which has its ends at 638 and 658, has already given 4 significant price reversals […]
Does Earnings Growth Matter When it Comes to Stocks Trading Below Liquidation Value? By: Victor Wendl | Fri, Jun 20, 2014 SharePrintEmailThe retail public enjoys the storytelling of growth stocks and the financial
press is more than happy to fill that void. It is easy for an investor to fall
into what finance professor, Jeremy Siegel, refers to […]
The Argentine stock market, the Merval, is going green after the news that the country will negotiate with a group of hedge fund managers over $1.7 billion worth of debt dating back to 2001. It’s up 1.14$% and climbing.Yahoo FinanceEarlier this week when the Supreme Court announced that it would not hear the case between Argentina and a group of […]
REUTERS/Michael DalderThe Supreme Court will not hear Argentina’s case against hedge fund creditors, and Argentina’s stock market is getting killed on the news.The Supreme Court’s decision is a major blow to Argentina, as it will now be forced to default on its debts or negotiate with creditors, which include Paul Singer’s Elliott Management.It all stems from the country’s default early […]
The Death of Stock Market VolatilityStock-Markets / VolatilityJun 14, 2014 – 04:58 PM GMTBy: Jesse
The US equity markets ended the week on a dull note, barely able to bounce after a lower open to end the week on a correcting note.The question will be if this is just a consolidation after […]
Stock Market Volatility Grinds to a HaltStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jun 13, 2014 – 02:25 PM GMTBy: Alasdair_Macleod
There is uneasiness across a number of markets with moment-to-moment volatility grinding almost to a halt. It contributes to a feeling that this is the calm before a storm. It is not unusual for there to be a […]
Hello!I’m Andrew Smithers; I studied economics at Cambridge and used to run the fund management business at S G Warburg which became Mercury Asset Management and is now BlackRock.I set up Smithers & Co in 1989 as an economics consultancy. Much of the comments on economics and markets that I read as a fund manager struck me as nonsense and […]
