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Capex, Dividends And Buybacks: U.S. Capital Deployment From 1980-2013
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 18:51
Meb Faber's Idea Farm republished a great study by Credit Suisse's Michael J. Mauboussin and Dan Callahan, CFA that breaks down what American companies have been doing with their cash over the past 33 years: Capital A...
GREK, EMSH: Big ETF Outflows
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 16:47
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the FTSE Greece 20 ETF (GREK), where 1,600,000 units were destroyed, or a 12.4% decre...
Christ Church Vs. JPMorgan: Bank Allegedly Mismanaged Millions
IBTimes - 14 Aug 2014 01:31
JPMorgan Chase and Co. is being sued by a historical local church after the congregation reportedly lost millions. Christ Church Cathedral claims the investment banker's mismanagement of two trust funds and self-dealing ...
Who Is Iraq's Prime Minister Designate Haider al-Abadi, And How Can He Keep The Country Together?
IBTimes - 14 Aug 2014 23:31
The speed with which Haider al-Abadi was endorsed as Iraq's new prime minister by Iran and the United States revealed a lot about the changing order in the Middle East. The most immediate threat to the region's stability...
Strong Lighting Sales Drives Cree's Growth Momentum In 2014
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 23:14
LED penetration is expected to increase in the future, and being one of the leading global LED manufacturers, Cree will benefit from the trend, in our view. The company believes that it is well positioned to continue gro...
Oracle's Acquisitions Could Support Long-Term Growth In Application Software
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 23:09
These large cap software companies have been late entrants into the extremely competitive on-demand software market, and the growth in pure-play SaaS players has been pressuring their results. In order to respond to incr...
Jaguar Land Rover Lifts Tata Motors' Q1 Results As China Fuels Growth
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 23:03
Despite declining sales in Tata's standalone division, high demand for luxury vehicles is expected to fuel growth for Jaguar Land Rover and consequently Tata Motors, going forward. Volumes for JLR are expected to rise as...
JC Penney Reports Positive Same Store Sales For Third Quarter In A Row
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 22:32
If the stock maintains after hours gains it will cross $10 for the first time since December 2013.
Investors Shift Additude About Short-Term Direction Of Stock Prices
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 20:57
Optimism surged and pessimism plunged in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey.
How Much Diversification Is Too Much?
Wall Street Journal - 14 Aug 2014 20:31
We run the numbers to see how much expanding your investment holdings really pays off.
Petrobras Revised To $21 On Rising Upstream Production, Improving Downstream Margins
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 20:04
Last year, Petrobras' average daily oil production in Brazil was 1,931.4 thousand barrels per day, an estimated 90.9% of Brazil's total oil production. Based on the recent earnings announcement, we have revised our price...
China Mobile's Profit Declines On Higher Costs Even As 4G Subscriber Base Soars
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 20:02
While growing subsidy costs put a dent in China Mobile's profits, it helped the carrier grow its 3G/4G subscriber base by over 10% sequentially in Q2 2014 to over 253 million. Considering that data traffic is quickly bec...
Thursday 8/14 Insider Buying Report: NMFC, GPC
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 20:01
As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money. So let's look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.
Cisco Beats Estimates On Strong New Product Sales In Developed Markets
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 19:59
Although emerging market orders fell by 9%, with China, Russia, Brazil and Thailand contributing to a bulk of the weakness, the company was able to offset some of the pressure with a strong showing in the U.S., where com...
Gladstone Commercial Corp's Series C Cumulative Term Preferred Stock Ex-Dividend Reminder
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 19:57
On 8/18/14, Gladstone Commercial Corp's 7.125% Series C Cumulative Term Preferred Stock (NASD: GOODN) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.1484, payable on 8/29/14. As a percentage of GOODN's recent sha...
Gladstone Investment Series A Cumulative Term Preferred Stock About To Put More Money In Your Pocket
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 19:54
On 8/18/14, Gladstone Investment Corp's 7.125% Series A Cumulative Term Preferred Stock (NASD: GAINP) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.1484, payable on 8/29/14. As a percentage of GAINP's recent sha...
Investor-unfriendly moves are hiccups, nothing more: Charlie Wang
livemint.com - 14 Aug 2014 19:53
Sentosa Capital Advisors' investment officer says Asian investors are beginning to realize they are better served by investing closer home
Daily Dividend Report: WY, ITC, NOV, ACE, PCP, BRCM, PRGO, LNC, NWL, CSC, LEA
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 19:26
Weyerhaeuser (WY) has declared a dividend on the company's common shares of $0.29 per share, reflecting a 32 percent increase from the prior quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share. With this increase, the company has grow...
Berkshire Hathaway Shares Top $200,000, Buffett Worth Nearly $66B
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 19:17
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway hits $200,000 mark for its A shares, almost eight years after first crossing $100,000.
Spending Treadmill Hits Town Sports Where It Hurts
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 19:12
By Kate Marino
Thursday's ETF with Unusual Volume: MGC
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 19:05
The Vanguard Mega Cap ETF (MGC) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 59,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 31,000. Shares of MGC were up about 0.3% on the d...
Thursday's ETF Movers: BBH, GXC
Forbes - 14 Aug 2014 19:03
In trading on Thursday, the Biotech ETF (BBH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Amgen (AMGN), up about 3.9% and shares of Alkerm...