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July, 2, 2014 from Globe Investor - Globe Investor RSS feedThe Before the Bell report is constantly updated to reflect the latest news developments and market moves in the premarket. Check back later for updates.
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July, 2, 2014 from Institutional Investor: Asset ManagementTechnology, efficiency of capital and client protection are key to the future of clearing.
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July, 2, 2014 from Institutional Investor: InvestorsThe U.S. Investment Management Awards winners gathered at our annual Investor Roundtable to discuss the challenges facing pensions, foundations and endowments.
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July, 2, 2014 from Institutional Investor: Research & RankingDenison University’s investment results top those of many larger schools.
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July, 2, 2014 from Institutional Investor: Research & RankingFormer treasury executive brings her experience managing insurance company risk to a corporate pension fund.
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July, 2, 2014 from Institutional Investor: Research & RankingThis protégé of David Swensen’s believes in spreading her bets, but not her managers.
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July, 2, 2014 from Institutional Investor: Research & RankingA veteran investor shares lessons learned from both a plan sponsor and foundation perspective.
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July, 2, 2014 from Institutional Investor: Research & RankingThe Ahmanson Foundation chose to invest its $1.1 billion portfolio with a minimum of costly alternatives managers.
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July, 2, 2014 from Institutional Investor: Research & RankingThe call of duty brought the former naval officer and Massachusetts state senator back into public plan sponsorship for an encore.
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July, 2, 2014 from Institutional Investor: Research & RankingA pension investment officer juggles the demands of ERISA guidelines, corporate constraints and participants’ retirement goals.
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July, 2, 2014 from Institutional Investor: Research & RankingManaging a large public pension fund demands transparency, but it “slows you down.”
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July, 2, 2014 from Forbes - Investing
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July, 2, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingLast year, a 25-year-old luxury handbag expert was the wunderkind of Heritage Auctions, earning $340,000 in salary and bonuses. He called his boss one weekend in May to say he was defecting to Christie's.
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July, 2, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingParents need to understand that their young-adult children don’t want to go to work at a great company -- they want to create one.
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July, 2, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingAs the government closes in, the owners of offshore accounts, and their heirs, face tricky decisions and legal perils.
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July, 2, 2014 from Forbes - Investing
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July, 2, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingIt's inevitable: Sooner or later, the Fed is going to raise interest rates. It doesn't matter how much of a dove Yellen is, or even if the unemployment rate is able to hit pre-crisis levels; inflation will rear its head and rates will ha...
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July, 2, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingWorried your investment is suffering because the CEO is spending too much time on the links? Don't be.
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July, 2, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingAmong mainstream media outlets, the idea that ever-larger numbers of Russians are living in existential dread of their government is widely accepted. Over at the New York Times, for example, Masha Gessen has written on this topic with so...
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July, 2, 2014 from Globe Investor - Globe Investor RSS feedThe Globe's Rob Carrick talks to Jennifer Black, financial planner and author, about handling finances after the death of a spouse
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July, 2, 2014 from Lose money with friends!The two arguments that seem most interesting in explaining this relentless rise in equities is the one that maintains that investors have no where else to put their money - I don't recall this ever being the case in past market runup...
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July, 2, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing After former Facebook CFO David Ebersman said last fall that fewer teenagers were visiting the site, everyone from the business media to a Princeton University study predicted the social media site's downfall. ...
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July, 2, 2014 from Lose money with friends!A few days ago I noticed in the advice section of the trading platform I use had 2 strong buy recommendations from ML and another big institutions on Easyjet stock (budget airliner from the UK) I didn't bite as I don't like to sp...
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July, 2, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Huntington Bancshares plays up the fact that it is a local community lender, but it has a big secret. At $60 billion in assets, it is the 38 th largest bank in the country, and it aims to bring its billion-dollar...
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July, 2, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Source: Arcos Dorados. Arcos Dorados is the largest McDonald's franchisee globally, operating quick-service restaurant chains (QSRs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. Conventional wisdom will lead us to pick McDo...
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July, 2, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Whether investing in agency mortgage-backed securities, like Annaly Capital Management , or a mix of agency and nonagency securities, like Two Harbors Investment , mREITs want consistent cash flows. However, unli...
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July, 2, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingRevenues from ads running on smartphones and tablets will outstrip those from newspaper, magazine and radio ads for the first time in the U.S. this year, according to a new report from eMarketer. Mobile ad revenues will jump 83%, to $17....
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July, 2, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: ETFs , Market News , Stocks , World Markets , Investing Bajinda/Shutterstock A great way to see which themes have worked in the market so far this year -- and which haven't -- is to look at the top 10 performing exchange tra...
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July, 2, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Triangle Capital and Main Street Capital are quite similar in dividend yield, investment size, and their impressive historical performance. But lumping these two companies in the same basket is a mistake. Operation...
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July, 2, 2014 from Lose money with friends!Since the markets currently seem impervious to existential events either individually or collectively, I'm intrigued by how the bond market's predictive record when historically juxtaposed to the equity market finally gets resolv...
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July, 2, 2014 from Lose money with friends!So I've been trying to educate myself on investing as much as possible and ive been exposed only a short amount of time. I keep getting pointed to index funds. Like a vanguard total market index fund or something similar you know. To...
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July, 2, 2014 from Lose money with friends!Before you look into this stock (it's tiny, $47m mkt cap - could crater at any time, caveat emptor), need to watch the documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwuWQi-5RJs Burzynski has eliminated childhood brain tumors that no o...
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July, 1, 2014 from Lose money with friends!As I understand it, each motif can contain up to 30 securities. Have any of you had experience with buying and then selling a motif, and if so, how were the taxes handled? TIA! submitted by wpattison [link] [1 comment]
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July, 1, 2014 from Lose money with friends!I owe my brother 80 bucks for a bike I sold him but then I took it back never refunding him the money. He has forgotten about the debt. I want to take that $80 and invest it in a stock or ETF or mutual fund that screams aggressiveness an...
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July, 1, 2014 from Lose money with friends!So for those of you (most likely all) that check the market everyday regardless of being a day/swing trader what is your morning/aftermarket routine? Sites you like to check, TV you like to watch to keep updates on news, and so on. I'...
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July, 1, 2014 from Lose money with friends!What data sources and procedures do you follow to make investments (e.g. Bloomberg Terminal, SEC.gov, YCharts). I usually use Morningstar to get an idea of the company and then dive into SEC reports. What I find is that SEC reports are p...
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July, 1, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax exempt scandal has resulted in a number of casualties but perhaps none more than small tax exempt organizations who have found themselves trapped in the black hole that is the application process. I...
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July, 1, 2014 from Lose money with friends!I'm new to the investing game, and lithium looks very attractive. Lithium-ion batteries are becoming more and more popular. Electric cars are increasingly becoming mainstream, and Tesla has announced that they are building an incredi...
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July, 1, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingChinese companies have yet to win the respect of institutional investors. That’s the finding of a recently released Barron’s 2014 survey of World’s Most Respected Companies—consistent with the findings of the 2012 and 2013 surveys. The t...
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July, 1, 2014 from Lose money with friends!I feel as though it's just going to be like the Facebook IPO and drop massively a week in. Do you think $GPRO will follow the same path? Really need some quality advice guys, I'm torn on selling it or not tomorrow when the market...
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July, 1, 2014 from Resource Investing NewsA must-read for anyone interested in disruptive technologies. Argex CEO Roy Bonnell talks about intellectual property concerns, how Argex's technology works and why Argex changed its focus from junior mining to advanced chemical processing.
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July, 1, 2014 from Lose money with friends!So here's the deal, I'm 29 have nothing in a 401k or Roth account. I make 50k a year, but I don't have a college degree. I currently have 61 college level credits under my belt. Is it worth my time to put off investing until ...
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July, 1, 2014 from Globe Investor - Globe Investor RSS feedShareOwner’s ETF Model Portfolio Service has particular appeal for the rookie investor who wants the benefit of using low-cost ETFs, but doesn’t know how to get started
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July, 1, 2014 from Investor's Business Daily - Investing RSSFacebook (FB) is hovering in buying range after clearing a cup-with-handle base last week, but investors should consider some caveats before jumping in. The social media giant is modestly above the 66.57 buy point, putting it within a bu...
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July, 1, 2014 from Investor's Business Daily - Investing RSSThe stock market started off the third quarter in fine fashion Tuesday, with solid percentage gains in higher volume. The Nasdaq notched another 14-year high and the S&P 500 marked another closing high. At the close, the Nasdaq rose 1.1%...
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July, 1, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Soccer can be slow. And so is the week before July, as the nation saunters through a four-day week. Investors were mainly looking forward to the upcoming jobs news this week ( ADP reports June's job numbers Wednesd...
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July, 1, 2014 from Investor's Business Daily - Investing RSSNine of 14 Sector Leaders advanced Tuesday, although most posted only moderate gains at best. Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP) was the heavy hitter among the group, slamming ahead 13% in heavy trade. The company reported positive results fro...
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July, 1, 2014 from InvestingEven on vacation in Europe, Cramer found a stock idea.
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July, 1, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingPhotos of the Forbes Most Powerful People
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July, 1, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingJamie Dimon announced Tuesday that he has a curable form of throat cancer and will begin treatment that won't restrict him from his duties as JPMorgan's Chairman and CEO.
