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thinkstockA very significant stock and sector upgrade has taken place on Friday morning that might not be getting the attention that it deserves. BGC Financial has stuck its neck out and decided to...
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ThinkstockGlobal X Funds has just launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that brings exposure to master limited partnerships (MLPs) and to midstream energy infrastructure companies. The Global X...
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ThinkstockIndia is supposed to be one of the great BRIC emerging market nations that offers massive growth and opportunity for investors. Some 1.2 billion people live in India, and its economic...
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The bull market is alive and well, and the S&P 500 recently broke 1,700 for the first time ever. So, what happens now that stocks have rallied and rallied as fears of an end of the Federal...
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thinkstockIf you are in America and were quizzed about the word “Uralkali,” you might guess it was in Russia, if you saw the word. Chances are high, though, that if you heard the word only, you...
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thinkstockThe recovery of alternative energy and clean energy may be political, and it may also be tied to what is simply a raging bull market for equities. Investors have started losing their fears...
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Jon OggInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is on a determined path to get its earnings per share to $20.00 by 2015 at almost any cost. We have thought that the cost for this goal is too...
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ThinkstockOne of the big reasons that investors look for stocks that may be added to the S&P 500 is that the stocks that make the cut immediately become targeted by portfolio managers that run...
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ThinkstockMetallurgical coal miner Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) today cut its quarterly dividend from $0.125 to $0.01. The cut was demanded by creditors in order to let the company amend a $2.73...
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ThinkstockIt was just in March that the CBOE VOLATILITY S&P 500m Index, or the VIX, hit a low of almost 11.0. The signal then was that there was not a care in the world, easy money from...
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Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) has announced that it is launching its first alternative investment-focused mutual fund that offers daily liquidity. In short, this is a mutual fund that is comprised...
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This year truly has been a wonderful bull market year for stocks, with double-digit gains taking the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average to new all-time highs. The confusion in...
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ThinkstockThe world of hedge funds and active management is on the verge of a serious change as far as Joe Public is concerned. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is on the verge of allowing...
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ThinkstockAnalysts at HSBC have lowered their 2013 average platinum price forecast to $1,710 an ounce, a drop of 7.6% from a previous estimate of around $1,840. Earlier this year, demand for platinum...
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Hedge funds are often tracked by the media with a bit of a mysterious allure that often borders on misunderstanding. Hedge funds generally seek to have absolute returns, but in recent years the...
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