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Buy into growth as boardroom confidence rises
Telegraph - 1 Feb 2014 23:30
The market environment feels like the 1990s revisited - enjoy it while it lasts
If The U.S. Trade Agenda Implodes, Blame The Equivocator-In-Chief
Forbes - 1 Feb 2014 23:47
Did Harry Reid kill the trade agenda? The Senate Majority Leader is no champion of economic freedom to be sure, but his opposition to the fast track bill doesn’t kill it. It merely strengthens the hand of his colle...
Stocks And Super Bowls: Buy Companies That Look Like The Steelers, Not The Jets
Forbes - 1 Feb 2014 21:35
Culture matters in the financial world just like it does on the gridiron, says fund manager Zac Wydra.
'Broad' Effort to Help Women in Business
Wall Street Journal - 1 Feb 2014 04:05
Sallie Krawcheck says she has big ambitions to transform the 85 Broads network of elite female financiers into a force to improve economic opportunities for women and invest in women-owned businesses.
Keystone XL Review Sees Little Impact On Climate
Wall Street Journal - 1 Feb 2014 03:12
An Obama administration analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline application shows the project wouldn't likely change the amount of oil ultimately removed from Canadian oil sands.
The Week Ahead: Will the January Barometer Miss in 2014?
Forbes - 1 Feb 2014 02:32
As the S&P 500 closed 3.5% lower in January, the focus is likely to be on the January Barometer. The phenomenon was first discussed in 1972 by Yale Hirsch, founder of the Stock Trader's Almanac. It simply states "that as...
Year Of The Horse: Why is the Fed hamstringing the emerging markets?
Forbes - 1 Feb 2014 00:12
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released data showing that the U.S. recovery stumbled a bit in December. The data also show how the Federal Reserve (Fed) may want to rethink its exit strategy from its asset-purchase prog...