- 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
- Asian exchanges plan trading link
Six Asian stock exchanges are planning to establish a trading platform linking their 180 largest companies to help promote cross-border and foreign investment more
Source: FT.com - Asia Pacific Equities Market Data
- Forget the meltdown, worry about goo and asteroids
The best way of dealing with grave uncertainties, as with more banal disasters, is to buy options against them, writes John Kay more
Source: FT.com - Comment and analysis
- Freddie, Fannie: A minefield for recovery
The plunging stock prices of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could make the recovery for the housing market and the overall economy much more difficult, analysts say.
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Source: Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com
- Soothing Words for Fannie, Freddie
The top regulator for Fannie and Freddie said that future accounting rules would likely not lead regulators to demand that the huge mortgage-finance giants hold more capital, addressing fears that punished the stock prices of both firms a day earlier.
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Source: WSJ.com: Markets
- Stocks soar on lower oil and financials
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose in another turbulent session on Tuesday as a pullback in oil prices eased worries about consumer and business spending, while financial shares gained after the Fed chairman said he may keep open a lifeline for banks.
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Source: Reuters: Business News
- Solar Whacked, Medical Showing Strength, GE Reports Friday
I'm trying to take a bit of time off this weekend so won't have a detailed look at the market this week but will have an update once normal trading volumes return towards the middle of the week. ::: Model Portfolio ::: ** This section will now appear as a separate [...]
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Source: Self Investors
- Financial Stocks: Fannie, Freddie back in the black as bank shares rebound
Bank shares are buoyed as mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac claw back significant gains.
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Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
- Stocks Finish at Session Highs, Boosted by Financial, Transportation, REIT and Homebuilding Shares
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Source: Between the Hedges
- Generating Ideas for Automated Trading Strategies
This is the third in a series of posts about how and why and how I started down the path of automated trading. Here’s the first, second, and third posts in the series (RSS). Our automated trading robot is available now. Trade your own strategy automatically with no coding required.
When I first more
Source: StockTickr Blog
- Water, Water ETFs Everywhere, and New York Has Not a Drop To Drink
Climate change is threatening the water supply around the world and leading cities to rethink their infrastructure - something that could be a boon to those exchange traded funds (ETFs). Global warming is challenging the ways people think about designing and operate their facilities.
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Source: ETF Trends
- Gone Fishing…
I’m taking a few weeks off. Look for posting to resume around the end of July.
Post from: Trader Mike's Blog
Gone Fishing…
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- Your Comfort Zone
High achievers (in life and in the market) frequently step outside their comfort zone. That's the way they learn and make progress. At the same time, they also expect to fail (more often than not), but do not see failure... more
Source: The Kirk Report
- Bio-Bridge Raises Funds for Vaccine Technology Development
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Source: China Stocks News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha
- Links for 2008-07-07 [del.icio.us]
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- A 'short' look at Proshares ETFs
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Source: BlogginWallStreet
- Portfolio Strategy for July 7
This article is exclusive to subscribers. Did you know that a subscription to Portfolio Strategy, which includes InVivo.RMI trading tools, costs only 53 cents per day? more
Source: Teresa Lo | InVivoAnalytics.com