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A surprising country has the best-performing global stock market in …

Mike Bird

Feb. 23, 2015, 8:21 AM
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It’s something that sounds pretty odd to most people who follow financial and international news: Russia’s stock market is the best performing in the world so far this year.It’s up by 28%, dwarfing the European equities rally (the major French, Italian and German indices are all up by more than 10%), and eclipsing the S&P […]

Charts like this are heart-breaking for stock market bears

Sam Ro

Feb. 16, 2015, 2:37 PM
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FactSetSee AlsoThe state of global business conditions in one quoteWhy Americans aren’t spending all the money they’re saving on gasHere’s your complete preview of this week’s big economic eventsIf you thought Wall Street’s forecasts for earnings were too bullish, then congratulations. You were right.Earnings and expectations for earnings growth are arguably the most important drivers […]

January stunk for the stock market, and history … – Business Insider

Sara Silverstein

Feb. 1, 2015, 11:02 AM
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There are many quirky calendar-based trading strategies when it comes to playing the market. Some are based on typical investor behavior at certain times of the year. Others just appear to be weird coincidences.Many have worked historically. But if you look at more recent periods do these strategies still hold up? Not really.The January Effect: Stocks […]

China's stock market is tanking, and curbs on borrowed money are …

China’s stock market is tanking, and curbs on borrowed money are to blame – Quartz

Chinese investors at a brokerage in Anhui province on Jan. 19. (Reuters/Stringer)
SHAREWritten byLily Kuo@lilkuoJanuary 19, 2015Chinese stocks tumbled today, with the Shanghai Composite Index (SCI) down almost 8%, its biggest fall in a single day in six years. The culprit? A crackdown on margin trading, which […]

Goldman 2015 Stock Market Chart – Business Insider

Myles Udland

Jan. 5, 2015, 9:00 AM
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Goldman Sachs has a really specific view on the stock market in 2015.In addition to having a year-end price target of 2,100 for the S&P 500, Goldman sees the benchmark stock index rising to 2,150 at midyear before declining as the Fed begins to raise interest rates in September.Additionally, the firm expects stocks to fare […]

REPORT: Saudi Stock Exchange To Open To Foreign Investors In …

REUTERS/Fahad ShadeedSaudi shares will finally be open to world investors.
The Saudi stock will open up to foreign investors for the first time in its history this April, according to three Bloomberg sources. The long-awaited liberalization was announced in the summer, but authorities refuse to put a solid date on the move.
It’s worth just shy of $500 billion, and until now, international […]

Dubai Stock Market Sees The Largest Fall In 5 Years – Business …

Dubai stocks fell 7.4% on Thursday, the worst one-day drop for that market since 2009 as oil price declines hammer the outlook for the country.Here’s the ugly chart of Thursday’s action, which wrapped up trading at 5 a.m. ET.Bloomberg.comThursday’s drop also wiped out almost all of the remaining gains seen by Dubai’s stock market since the start of February as […]

Bravo Clarification of FEMA Affiliation and Current Stock Trading …

November 25, 2014 09:05 ET | Source:Bravo Enterprises Ltd.NEW YORK, Nov. 25, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bravo Enterprises Ltd. (OTCQB:OGNG) reports that the Company dba “Splash Water For Life”, was registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) on October 02, 2013 and issued a vendor identification number. This registration meant that Bravo could bid on federal contracting opportunities and […]

Tomas Berdych Opens Stock Market – Tennis – ATP World Tour

PrintEmailROGERS CUP 2014Berdych Opens Toronto Stock MarketToronto, Canadaby ATP Staff
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05.08.2014© Ron Turenne/Tennis CanadaTomas Berdych opens the stock market Tuesday with Toronto tournament director Karl Hale.Tomas Berdych had an early wake-up call Tuesday as he was invited to open the stock market at the Toronto Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in Canada and the third largest in North America.The Czech […]

Michael Lewis: The Stock Market Is Rigged – Business Insider

Michael Lewis’ new book Flash Boys comes out today. It’s all about the confusing world of high-frequency, algorithmic trading.He was on 60 Minutes last night talking about the subject and promoting his book.In this short segment, he argues that the stock market is rigged.The first 45 seconds are the key part, wherein he explains the mechanism by which high-frequency traders […]