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Will Stock Market 2014 be Like 2008? :: The Market Oracle …

Will Stock Market 2014 be Like 2008?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Feb 08, 2014 – 06:04 PM GMTBy: Clif_Droke

One of the biggest problems for the stock market entering 2014 was the near unanimous belief on Wall Street that stock prices would only go higher this year. Indeed, you had to look a long way to find […]

Online appliances retailer AO to float on London Stock Exchange …

AO made profits of £8.1m as its sales rose nearly 30% in the year to March 2013 The founder of Appliances Online, who set up the business following a £1 bet in a pub, is set to scoop £400m in cash and shares when the business floats next month.AO, as the internet-only retailer is now known, is expected to be […]

One Possible Explanation for the January Stock-Market Fall

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Red Jahncke argues that the recent drop in U.S. stock markets may be a delayed response to a tax change:In late 2012, investors sold huge amounts of investments with long-term capital gains to take advantage of the expiring 15% “Bush” long-term capital-gains tax rate before the current 23.8% rate for higher-income investors took effect […]

Steep selloff continues weak 2014 for stocks, Dow tumbles more …

After a blistering rally that took stocks to record highs last year, January could not have been more different, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell more than 5%.In the first month of the year, traders worried the financial health of both the U.S. and smaller nations meant stocks were too dangerous to continue owning for the time being, […]

Russian hypermarket chain Lenta to float on London stock market …

People walk out of a Lenta supermarket in Moscow. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/ReutersThe Russian hypermarket chain Lenta has announced plans to float in London with a valuation of over $5bn (£3bn).The company, in which the US private equity firm TPG and Russia’s VTB Capital have the biggest stakes, has jumped a queue of British retailers that are set to follow suit […]

Discount retailer B&M prepares for a stock market flotation …

Sir Terry Leahy, the former chief executive of Tesco, is chaiman of B&M and a senior advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the private equity firm that owns 60% of the chain. Photograph: Graham Turner for the GuardianB&M, a discount retailer set up in Blackpool with just £750 in 1978, is preparing for a stock market flotation that could value […]

3 reasons why the January stock selloff has gone too far | Breakout …

After bursting to a record high on New Year’s eve, January is quickly becoming a bit of a wipeout. Despite today’s positive move, the Dow Jones Industrials (^DJI) is down over four percent in 2014, as emerging market jitters rocked stocks in ways not seen in two years.“The one rule of Wall Street that I always adhere to is, the […]

Still In Stealth, Origami Logic Raises $15M More To Help Marketers …

Origami Logic, a startup that has created a way for marketers to analyse, visualise and glean insights from the disparate and often impenetrable big data collected by their companies, is today announcing that it has picked up another $15 million in funding, led by Jafco Ventures with participation from existing investors Accel and Lightspeed. Origami Logic is still in stealth […]

Another Big Stock Market Slide on Global Growth Jitters :: The …

Another Big Stock Market Slide on Global Growth JittersStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jan 26, 2014 – 04:47 PM GMTBy: Jesse

“There was a strange temper in the air. Unsatisfied by material prosperity, the nations turned fiercely toward strife, internal or external. National passions unduly exalted in the decline of religion, burned beneath the surface of every […]