Not many investment pros managed to dump their oil stocks before the price of crude started plummeting last year, but prescient investors who did obviously escaped heavy losses. The big question: Where did they invest the proceeds for greater future gains?One top-ranked money manager, Graham Tanaka, president and senior analyst and portfolio manager at TANAKA Growth Fund (TGFRX), was one […]
Thomson ReutersWorkers prepare for the opening of an Apple store in HangzhouBy Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Activist Investor Carl Icahn thinks Apple Inc is already worth over $1 trillion but others on Wall St. think it will take a few more years for the iPhone maker’s stock value to get there.With Apple’s stock market value ballooning this week beyond […]
Benchmarks ended Wednesday’s choppy session almost unchanged as uncertainty regarding bailout negotiations between Greece and its creditors dented investor sentiment. Moreover, renewed worries about the Russia-Ukraine crisis also dampened investor sentiment. Meanwhile, another decline in oil prices following rise in crude inventories dragged down energy shares. However, encouraging earnings results including those from Pepsico and Mondelez limited losses yesterday.For a […]
Russian stock market rallies on Ukraine ceasefire announcementPublished time: February 12, 2015 10:04Edited time: February 12, 2015 14:26Get short URLReuters / Yuya ShinoTagsMarkets, Russian economyThe Moscow Stock Exchange got a major boost after the Russian president said a Ukraine ceasefire deal had been reached in Minsk. The deal lessens the probability Russian companies will be slapped with more EU sanctions.President […]
Another holiday, another opportunity to get settlement day wrong. Plus some ancient history in which Washington’s Birthday is transformed into Presidents’ Day.Emanuel Leutze’s famed 1851rendition of Washington crossing the Delaware. (Via Wikipedia)WASHINGTON, February 11, 2015 – Some might wonder why we publish Wall Street’s holiday trading/settlement schedules in our CDN business and financial columns. The reason is simple. Inexperienced traders […]
CORAL GABLES, FL / ACCESSWIRE / February 11, 2015 / It’s been a long and rough road for a push toward universal legalization of marijuana in the US. Since the early beginnings in California many decades ago with medical marijuana to the latest trail being blazed from states like Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, this has certainly become a growth […]
A solid day for the indexes as the market gapped up at the open and buyers filled in all day. The S&P 500 gained 1.07% and the NASDAQ 1.30%. Jens Weidmann, head of Germany’s Bundesbank, held to an austerity line and told Reuters on Tuesday that Greece needed to make a credible effort to recover itself with tighter public finances […]
A survey of investable Canadian sectors will eventually lead back to biotechnology, a corner of the market sure to elicit some well-deserved skepticism.With U.S. biotech stocks setting a torrid pace over the last several years, some of the hype was bound to spread to Canada, which has seen a recent uptick in biotech listings.More Related to this Story
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MARKET SUMMARY- QE, apparently from anywhere, is all stocks want.- Earnings in need of some improvement- Stock indices pause after a strong Thursday EU QE move.- SP400 midcaps look at becoming leaders.- Good moves, more leaders showing up, now can the indices break up the toppy patterns?Friday was not a great day for the market, but it was not a […]
Benchmarks ended mostly in the red after gaining for four consecutive days as materials stocks finished in the negative territory. Moreover, dismal outlook from United Parcel Service had a negative impact on benchmarks. However, benchmarks ended in the green over the week for the first time in four weeks mainly due to the European Central Bank’s announcement of monetary stimulus […]
