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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Stock Rally
Wall Street Journal - 28 Nov 2014 04:23
Ahead of the Tape: December's 'Santa Claus rally' appears to have gotten better with age, as the past five years have seen the S&P 500 gain nearly 2.5% on average during the month.
Oil sinks to four-year low on Opec as dollar gains; gold drops
livemint.com - 28 Nov 2014 05:09
The dollar gained against commodity currencies and the yen, as gold fell
Five Growth Standout Stocks To Buy
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 19:24
History suggests buying reasonably valued stocks with profit, sales and earnings-estimate momentum is a smart move--particularly if the stocks hail from attractive sectors.
RadioShack Revamps Its Website In Time To Cater To The Upcoming Holiday Season
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 18:39
RadioShack relaunched its website (.radioshack.com) with new features that help customers get great prices on all the latest technology. The redesign of RadioShack's online stores comes just in time for the busy holiday ...
Ford Can Achieve Even More Success In China With New Plants And Models
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 15:37
Due to the continual rollout of new models, the incremental sales result in unusually high year-over-year gains. The growth rate will inevitably slow down as the year progresses. Moreover, these growth rates come on top ...
Facebook Through The Lens Of Porter's Five Forces
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 15:34
According to our analysis, the social networking market is highly competitive and is prone to rapid change through the introduction of disruptive technologies. Facebook needs to continuously innovative and adapt to chang...
ECB's Nouy Says Banks Must Show They Can Make Profits
IBTimes - 28 Nov 2014 15:31
(Reuters) - Euro zone banks that failed or barely passed this year's health checks will have to demonstrate they can make sustainable profits and may need to sell off loss-making units, the European Central Bank's top su...
India Gets New Islamic Equity Fund But Debt Market Still Off-Limits
IBTimes - 28 Nov 2014 12:31
(Reuters) - Mumbai-based SBI Funds Management will launch an Islamic equity mutual fund next month to tap into India's large but underserved Muslim population, although the country still lags in developing sharia-complia...
Financial Firms Invested $27 Billion In Cluster Bomb Makers, Report Shows
IBTimes - 28 Nov 2014 05:31
Financial institutions around the world have been investing in companies that manufacture illegal weapons, according to a new report by PAX, a peace advocacy organization based in the Netherlands. The group reported 151 ...
U.S. Treasury Bonds Beating S&P 500 This Year
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 20:49
It was a sure thing! With the Fed cutting back its massive QE bond-buying program this year bonds would plunge. Instead they began rallying when the Fed began tapering, and have beaten the S&P 500 so far this year.
Key Trends Explaining Our $108 Price Valuation For Keurig Green Mountain
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 19:04
We have raised our price estimate for Keurig Green Mountain due to a number of factors affecting our forecast including the number of K-Cups sold being increased, potentially lucrative partnerships with top coffee and re...
Harley-Davidson's Retail Sales To Rise In The U.S. And Europe
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 18:49
Harley-Davidson has been in steady recovery since the collapse of the U.S. heavyweight motorcycle market in the thick of the recession between 2008-2010. But Harley's growth in the domestic market hit a roadblock in the ...
Earnings for OmniVision Technologies Expected to Fall
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 18:00
Analysts are looking for decreased profit for OmniVision Technologies when the company reports its results for the second quarter on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. OmniVision Technologies reported profit of 47 cents a year ...
Do Black Friday Deals Exist In Real Estate?
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 16:00
Black Friday is the holy grail for deal-seeking shoppers during the holiday season. But what about buyers searching for a home — do the same deals exist for real estate?
Can CME Keep Up Trading Momentum?
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 15:48
The last time CME witnessed four consecutive quarters of growth in trade volumes was back in April 2011, with an aggregate 15% rise in trading volumes in that period. Comparatively, CME's derivative trading volumes have ...
Ctrip Q3 2014 Earnings Show Aggressive Investment and Dampened Margins
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 15:46
So far, Ctrip has been able to gain market share across all its segments through its investments and joint ventures. The company expects the Chinese income growth to be higher in 2015 than 2014, which will translate to a...
Here's Why Micron Will Benefit From Higher Mobile Shipments
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 15:43
With a large and diverse memory product portfolio across a number of end-market segments, and the second largest installed manufacturing capacity, Micron is in a strong position to benefit from the improving industry dyn...
How American Has Traveled From Bankruptcy To Record Profits
Forbes - 28 Nov 2014 15:40
How has American traveled from bankruptcy to record breaking profits so fast? Apart from the strong demand for air travel and lower fuel prices that have helped all airlines in 2014, there are a few other factors that ha...
Wall Street's Week Ahead: Cyber Monday 2014 Sales, US November Jobs Report
IBTimes - 28 Nov 2014 15:31
Cyber Monday will kick off holiday shopping next week following the Thanksgiving Day weekend shopping extravaganza. Economists will focus on initial holiday sales estimates from retailers, which are often viewed as a key...
India's 10-year bond yield hits 16-month low on rate cut hopes
livemint.com - 28 Nov 2014 09:49
Plunging global oil prices reinforced expectations of a rate cut by the central bank as early as next week's policy review
NBFC shares rise after RBI issues final norms for small, payment banks
livemint.com - 28 Nov 2014 09:39Sebi to ask cash-rich firms to adopt dividend distribution policy
livemint.com - 28 Nov 2014 09:32
Sebi chief UK Sinha say firms with enough cash should formulate a policy to distribute a share of this among shareholders