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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Bad news , Market matters , Recession Unlike the stock market, the bond market thrives on "bad" news. Why is this? The main reason is the money trail. Investors are quick to move their money from stocks into bonds when something bad happens. Yesterday we had plenty of bad news. The U.S. job market lost 467,000 jobs, a 26-year high. Now to add fuel to the fire, wages are dropping...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Emerging market equity funds had their best quarter as investors switched to riskier assets on rising hopes that the world economy is stabilising
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets staged a retreat Friday after U.S. stocks tumbled in reaction to higher-than-expected job losses in June. Japanese stocks fell sharply, with exporters and financials leading the decline. The Nikkei 225 Average lost 1.7% to 9,710.28 and the broader Topix gave up 1.5% to 910.62. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 1.7%, South Korea's Kospi slid 1.1% and New Zealand's...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Filed under: Walt Disney (DIS) , Viacom (VIA) , News Corp'B' (NWS) , Film News Corp. 's (NASDAQ: NWS ) new computer cartoon, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs , had a strong domestic debut this past Wednesday. It opened with $13.8 million on that day, which represents a record-breaking performance for an animated feature released in the middle of the week. Now, just recently, I mentioned how I hate it...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Filed under: Earnings reports , Consumer experience , Amazon.com (AMZN) , Stocks to Buy The next all-American brand is the world's largest bookstore, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ). Actually, it's not quite correct to call Amazon just a bookstore anymore. Relentless expansion has propelled Amazon in countless directions in the quest of bigger sales and profits. The company's main website now offers everything...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Three new parties with an interest in taking a stake in German car maker Porsche Automobil Holding have emerged, according to reports Saturday. Reuters quoted German magazine Focus, which reported that a Chinese and a Russian sovereign wealth fund as well as a hedge fund were interested, rivaling investment plans by Qatar. Reuters said a Porsche spokesman declined to comment...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Filed under: Earnings reports , McDonald's (MCD) , Stocks to Buy Leading off is one of the very symbols of U.S. capitalism, McDonald's (NYSE: MCD ). You can't get much more American than MickeyD's. The irony is that McDonald's strength recently has been due to its expansion in foreign markets. There are currently more than 30,000 restaurants in 120 countries. Less than half of the restaurants are...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Filed under: Citigroup Inc. (C) , Bank of America (BAC) , Comfort Zone Investing Bank failures are good. They get rid of banks that are mismanaged and have no business being in banking. Bad management at many banks made lots of bad loans and deserve to go under. The biggest example was Washington Mutual. And Countrywide belongs in there as well. Of course, there are a large number of smaller, community...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Filed under: Amazon.com (AMZN) , McDonald's (MCD) , Colgate-Palmolive (CL) , Stocks to Buy Today is the 4th of July, and the nation is busy celebrating its 233rd birthday. The past year has been pretty rough for the old Republic, with the economy going through its worst spat in 80 years. Still, I'm an optimist, and I think we'll come through this stronger than ever. To honor America's birthday, I...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: International markets , Other issues , Rants and raves , Competitive strategy , Workspace , Media World , Headline news While Michael Jackson is referred to affectionately by fans as the "King of Pop" . He could have just as easily carried the title "The hardest working man in show business" except for the fact that elder statesmen of the music world, the late James...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Television , Walt Disney (DIS) , Viacom (VIA) , Sony Corp ADR (SNE) , News Corp'B' (NWS) , Media World Disney (NYSE: DIS ) programmed a new movie recently on one of its prime media assets. The film, entitled Princess Protection Program , debuted on the Disney Channel and stars a young actress named Selena Gomez. The casting choice was no accident. Because Disney tries to be as synergistic...
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Indian nuclear power market is estimated to touch $40 billion or Rs 20,000 crore by 2020, according to a study by an online research portal.
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
The global economy has entered a period of recession and is expected to contract for the first time since World War II.
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Other issues , Money and Finance Today , Personal finance , Small business This is bizarre at best but its true. In Latvia there lives a man named Viktor Mirosiichenko who heads a company called Kontora Loan Company. Who is this man and what is so unusual about him? He will make a loan to you if you sign an "agreement" and pledge "your immortal soul" as collateral....
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced in a televised statement that she would be stepping down, handing the office over to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell. Palin was the running mate to 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news....
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wearewinner | 03/02/2009
Forex trading systems are all about getting investments into the foreign markets. Foreign exchange markets are abbreviated to be called Forex. The worldwide trading of stocks in companies and in products happen over the Forex trading system. There are ...
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nikitha001 | 02/23/2009
The Indian stock markets - both BSE and NSE - are closed on Monday on account of Maha Shivrathri. Trading will resume on Tuesday.
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nikitha001 | 02/23/2009
The Indian stock markets - both BSE and NSE - are closed on Monday on account of Maha Shivrathri. Trading will resume on Tuesday.
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