Sep 30, 2014
By: Chris Tell at http://capitalistexploits.at/
Like a bad case of hemorrhoids, debt is a topic too often left out of polite conversation. It’s a good thing then that you don’t come here for polite conversation. It is a topic previously written about in these pages and one which has the power to keep me awake at nights when I really ought to be …
Sep 30, 2014
Mass-affluent investors are a confused group, so advisors need to set clear expectations about the markets, as well as the help they can provide.
Sep 30, 2014
Mass-affluent investors are a confused group, so advisors need to set clear expectations about the markets, as well as the help they can provide.
Sep 30, 2014
Regulators in other countries are able to act more easily because there are “just fewer decision makers.
Sep 30, 2014
Regulators in other countries are able to act more easily because there are “just fewer decision makers.
Sep 30, 2014
Despite years of the industry extolling the virtues of global investing, mass-affluent clients are still hesitant to venture overseas.
Sep 30, 2014
Despite years of the industry extolling the virtues of global investing, mass-affluent clients are still hesitant to venture overseas.
Sep 30, 2014
By Tom Lydon:
By Todd Shriber & Tom Lydon
Guggenheim Investments, the seventh-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, launched the Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF (NYSEArca:
Sep 30, 2014
By Tim Plaehn:
Tuesday, September 30, mortgage REIT American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) announced that starting in November, investors will receive mo…
Sep 30, 2014
By Tom Lydon:
A decision by Chinese regulators to expand its renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) that allows foreign investors access to stocks traded on China’s mainland ignited a rally in exchange traded funds holding A-shares equities last…
Sep 30, 2014
The mass demonstrations in Hong Kong are dramatic, indeed. And given that Hong Kong has long enjoyed a more liberal existence under British rule, protests against a more authoritarian Chinese government (at least it used to be more authoritarian) are not entirely surprising.
But Chinese officials accuse the U.S. of egging on the protests. As th…
Sep 30, 2014
I have been reading the Geneva 16 report, which came out yesterday. It’s scary stuff. If you thought the world was reducing its debt pile – forget it:
Sep 30, 2014
The prevailing wisdom on real estate investment trusts (REITs) is that they’ll be doomed once interest rates start to rise. Because of the way REITs are structured for tax purposes they have to pay out at least 90% of their taxable income in the form of dividends.
Sep 30, 2014
By Tom Lydon:
Exchange traded funds tracking Russian equities are dangerously flirting with bear markets, but that is not preventing investors from putting new capital to work in the funds.
On Monday, Russia’s RTS Index, a dollar-denominated gauge of Russian…
Sep 30, 2014
Looking to escape Western economic sanctions over his actions in Ukraine, Russia’s president is working to develop an economic and trade relationship with China.
Sep 30, 2014
Commodity weakness threatens to undermine Kremlin’s main revenue source, putting a fresh squeeze on the economy.
Sep 30, 2014
By Abba’s Aces:
I recently closed my position in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) from my growth portfolio because I had a pretty good gain in name and wanted to lock up some profits. I ended up buying shares of…
Sep 30, 2014
By IPOdesktop:
Based in Provo, Utah, Vivint Solar (Pending:VSLR) scheduled a $350 million IPO on NYSE with a market capitalization of $1.8 billion at a price range midpoint of…
Sep 30, 2014
By Bill Maurer:
One name that has had a disappointing 2014 is SodaStream (NASDAQ:SODA). The company, whose machines allow you to make your own soda and other drink products at hom…
Sep 30, 2014
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