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Soros Warns Pensions on Hedge Funds?

Soros Warns Pensions on Hedge Funds?
Posted: 27 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

David Sirota of the International Business Times reports, Billionaire Currency Trader George Soros Warns Against Investing Public Pension Money In Hedge Funds:
Another towering figure in the financial industry is warning major pension systems to beware of investing retiree money in hedge funds. During a Thursday meeting at the World […]

Things are starting to get crazy in the global stock market

ReutersLONDON (Reuters) – Waves of cheap money from central banks have shielded stocks from the volatility besetting currency and commodity markets, but increasing disparities in company earnings forecasts suggest that could soon change.Analyst forecasts for European and U.S. companies have reached levels of dispersion not seen since 2010 and 2011 respectively, according to Thomson Reuters data, at a time when […]

Stock Market News for February 02, 2015 – February 2, 2015 – Zacks …

Benchmarks ended the last trading day of January in the red after lower-than-expected fourth quarter GDP data dented investor sentiment. However, a rally in oil prices helped the energy shares to end in the green. Benchmarks posted their fourth weekly decline in last five weeks. Benchmarks also registered losses for the second consecutive month. Separately, the S&P 500 and the […]

Stock Market News for January 21, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

Benchmarks ended Tuesday’s choppy trading session in the green led by gains from technology shares. Investors also remained focused on ECB’s meeting scheduled for Thursday. ECB is expected to unveil a bond-buying program in order to boost Eurozone’s economy. Investors also kept an eye on fourth-quarter earnings results of major companies including Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Johnson & Johnson, Morgan Stanley […]

Chinese stock market suffers biggest fall since 2008 – as it …

The new European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt.Photograph: BORIS ROESSLER/EPAGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the financial markets, the world economy, business and finance.It’s the start of a busy week. Investors are poised for Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting, where Mario Draghi might finally announce a sovereign bond-buying programme.Anticipation of a big QE package has driven government […]

Global markets fall after Switzerland stuns market – Seattle Post …

NEW YORK (AP) — A surge in oil and gas companies pulled the stock market out of a five-day slump on Friday, as the price of crude swung higher.Oil prices jumped after the International Energy Agency predicted drillers would cut production this year. Exxon Mobil, Chevron and other energy companies led all 10 sectors of the Standard & Poor’s 500 […]

Stock Market News for January 16, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

Benchmarks ended in negative territory for the fifth-straight session on Thursday following the Swiss National Bank’s surprise move to drop its long-standing exchange rate of the Swiss franc against euro. Moreover, disappointing earnings results from Bank of America and Citigroup, and dismal economic data weighed on markets. Also, another decline in oil prices dragged down energy shares on Thursday. The […]

Oil-company rally snaps 5-day losing streak | Stock market | The …

Originally published January 16, 2015 at 5:53 AM | Page modified January 16, 2015 at 4:46 PMNEW YORK —
A surge in oil and gas companies pulled the stock market out of a five-day slump on Friday, as the price of crude swung higher.Oil prices jumped after the International Energy Agency predicted drillers would cut production this year. Exxon Mobil, Chevron […]

STTG Market Recap Jan 15, 2015 – Stock Trading To Go

Thursday was the third day this week they tried to “gap up” the market in premarket, and instead sellers came in hot and heavy once the actual session started.   These gap ups are making it difficult for the market to “flush out” and create a near term oversold condition.  The S&P 500 fell 0.92% and NASDAQ 1.48%.  A measure of […]

Asian markets fall after Switzerland stuns market | Stock market | The …

Originally published January 15, 2015 at 6:27 AM | Page modified January 16, 2015 at 1:57 AMSEOUL, South Korea —
Asian stocks were sharply lower Friday after a surprise move by the Swiss National Bank to abandon its efforts to keep its currency artificially cheap shocked the market.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 2.5 percent to 16,680.24 while South Korea’s Kospi […]