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How Google-Nest deal boosted another stock 1,900% – CNBC.com

The blogger who styles himself KidDynamite brought this to the attention of those of us who follow him. And we all had another occasion to chuckle wisely about the foolishness of the notion that all securities always priced correctly. William Alden, of DealBook, somehow produced a rather straight-faced report on all this. He even explained what the company […]

In Insider Trading, Mark Zuckerberg Dumps Nearly $2.3 Billion In …

Welcome to our daily roundup of top insider trades. Here’s a look at the most significant inside purchases recently filed with the SEC.Notable Purchases:

Glenview Capital bought 248,910 shares of investor-owned health care services company Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) for $9,904,477.

William Adams IV, Vice President of Nuveen Diversified Commodity Fund (NYSEMKT:CFD), an actively-managed, exchange-traded commodity pool, bought 18,500 shares of company stock […]

2013's Incredible Stock Market Gains – Business Insider

It’s safe to say 2013 turned out better than expected for the stock market.In the year to date, the S&P 500 index is up over 27%.As the chart below from options guru Jared Woodard of Condor Options illustrates, 2013 was the first year in a long time that the market was able to outperform the upper end of the range […]

Here's The Stock Market Chart The Bears Are … – Business Insider

Business Insider/Matthew Boesler, data from BloombergFriday, the S&P 500 index snapped a five-day losing streak, and today, it’s trading just five points shy of its all-time high at 1813.
The index is now up more than 28% in the year to date, and many market strategists are sanguine on the prospects for stocks in the remaining few weeks of the year […]

FACT SHEET: The STOCK Act: Bans Members of Congress from …

The White HouseOffice of the Press SecretaryFor Immediate ReleaseApril 04, 2012FACT SHEET: The STOCK Act: Bans Members of Congress from Insider Trading“Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress; I will sign it tomorrow.” — President Obama, State of the Union, January 24, 2012In the State of the Union Address, the President laid out a blueprint […]