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Iraq Stock Market Report | Iraq Business News

Advertising FeatureRabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 15th May 2014).Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes.The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,842 (-0.7%)/ $1,957 (-0.7%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 21.1bn and the weekly trading volume was ID19.7bn ($16.1mn).ISX Company AnnouncementsAl-Ameen for […]

First large-scale study links stock market volatility to mental disorders

Falling stock prices lead to increased hospitalisations for mental disorders, according to new research published today in the journal Health Policy and Planning.Researchers assessed the relationship between stock price movements and mental disorders using data on daily hospitalisations for mental disorders in Taiwan over 4,000 days between 1998 and 2009. They found that a 1000-point fall in the Taiwan Stock Exchange […]

How To Look For Income Producing Investments | Benzinga

One of the biggest problems facing investors yet again this year will be the search for income producing investments.
The last few years of a zero interest rate policy has forced traditional fixed income investors out of their comfort zone and into stocks and other alternative investments. Given the recent Fed announcements on interest rates this is unlikely to change for […]

Stocks lower after hitting record; banks in focus | Business …

Originally published December 10, 2013 at 7:17 AM | Page modified December 11, 2013 at 6:27 AM

NEW YORK — Stocks fell modestly Tuesday as investors took a breather from a market that notched yet another record high the day before.The market has hit several all-time highs in recent months, but with the holiday season and end of the […]

A VC: Large Networks, Big Data, And Healthcare

Zander posted this NY Times opinion piece to usv.com yesterday and it’s been rattling around in my head since then. The author suggests that big data is coming to health care and bringing with it many issues that will have to be resolved. I am sure that is so. But I also think the intersection of big data and health […]

How to Trade the VIX Stock Market Fear Index :: The Market Oracle …

How to Trade the VIX Stock Market Fear Index

InvestorEducation / VolatilityOct 07, 2013 – 11:44 AM GMTBy: Money_Morning

It’s time to learn something all serious investors should know: how to trade the VIX Indicator (VIX).While most investors are scrambling to figure out whether the market is headed up or down, savvy pros use the VIX both as […]