- Tibet has stronger self-rule case than Kosovo
All states that have ratified the UN Charter – including China – have accepted the principle of respect for self-determination, writes Paul Harris more
Source: FT.com - Comment and analysis
- Captain's Blog, Stardate: 3/3/08
THE SHOW: Are we having fun yet? Me neither. My old pal Deep Blue keeps writing me about various stocks and such that might have upside, but then acknowledges it's hard to imagine much of anything working this year. Except cash, and you better hope that's real cash and not some sort of 'cash equival more
Source: Market, personal finance, media, and technology expert commentary - CNNMoney.com
- Financial stocks weigh on Asian markets
Worries about further subprime losses in the US emerged and traders reacted to a fall on Wall Street overnight, pressing the MSCI Asia Pacific Index down 1.1 per cent more
Source: FT.com - Asia Pacific Equities Market Data
- Stocks slide on oil and AIG
Stocks tanked Friday, with the Dow losing more than 100 points, after AIG's weak quarter revived worries about the credit crisis, and record oil and gas prices exacerbated fears about the threat of inflation.
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Source: Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com
- ETFs Adapt To Ever-Changing World and Business Dynamics
Mutual funds don't seem to be stepping up to the challenge that a global economy presents, possibly creating a wide-open door for the exchange traded fund (ETF) industry. The power of global business has arrived, with less anchored in the... more
Source: ETF Trends
- Some Winners in the Tumult Are Emerging
Hedge funds hit last summer are some of the biggest winners this year, helped by a more favorable markets climate.
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Source: WSJ.com: Markets
- Colfax (CFX) & Real Goods Solar (RSOL) IPOs Begin Trading
The number of decent IPO's coming to market is picking up to a slow trickle and today two IPO's worth watching began trading - Colfax (CFX), a global supplier of pumps for the water and oil industry & Real Goods Solar (RSOL), one of the largest installers of solar energy systems. more
Source: Self Investors
- Activision shares jump as game sales surprise Wall Street
Activision Inc. saw its shares jump more than 14% Friday after the video game publisher reported blow-out results for its fourth fiscal quarter and issued an upbeat outlook for the current period.
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Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
- Citigroup aims to shed $400 billion of assets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc said on Friday it plans to shed $400 billion of assets within three years and boost revenue by up to 10 percent annually, in a bid to restore profitability after huge losses tied to flagging mortgage and credit markets.
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Source: Reuters: Business News
- Stocks Finish Lower, Weighed Down by Drug, Construction and Homebuilding Shares
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Source: Between the Hedges
- Watchlist for May 9, 2008
It’s looking like a rough end of the week for the bulls thanks to AIG, FNM and surging oil. Those who got caught in yesterday’s choppy session may want to read Dr. Brett’s tips on how to identify a range-bound market. The advance/decline line is one of my favorite things to [.. more
Source: Trader Mike
- links for 2008-05-08
Bank of China Raises Fees for Hong Kong Dollar Trades
“Bank of China’s Hong Kong branch widened the spread between the cost of buying and selling Hong Kong dollars for the Chinese currency to 0.75 percentage point from 0.10 point on May 5.” VAIN FIGHT
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Source: Maoxian
- More Bad News From Financials
Good morning. As oil prices hit fresh new highs, more bad news from the financials are bringing out the sellers this morning. As we head lower, traders will be watching whether any support can be found at the 20 Day... more
Source: The Kirk Report
- Universal Travel Group Shifts Perceptibly to Online Services
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Source: China Stocks News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha
- To and FRO
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Source: Daily Options Report
- A 'short' look at Proshares ETFs
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Source: BlogginWallStreet
- Good Couple Days, Automated Trading Coming Along
I mentioned last week my automated trading approach - the ol’ throw a bunch of strategies at the wall and see what sticks. So far so good. Yesterday one of my strategies made about 5R, today it lost an R or two.
The manual trades have started off slowly this month but have picked [...] more
Source: StockTickr Blog
- Friday Mailbag
Our client Daniel took the time to send in questions about a number of things people want to know, but were afraid to ask. ;-)
Daniel
I have a question to know if it is possible. If one wants to “catch” a peak although you would not recommend on it how would I know what the [...] more
Source: Teresa Lo | InVivoAnalytics.com