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Uncertainties Infect Stocks - Time For Preemptive Action
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 02:50
Uncertainties are not risks - they are worse. Without precedent, they are the stuff from which sell-offs and fears can come. Cash is a good antidote.
This Stock Is the Undisputed Mobile Payment Winner
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 02:42
It’s a one-two punch I love to see in a stock: a growing dividend and a rock-solid commitment to research and development.
Why Fintech Firms Aren't So Different From Banks
Wall Street Journal - 21 Feb 2016 23:38
The recent stock-market selloff shows that online lenders can suffer just like big banks.
Use of Fed's Foreign Repo Program Grows
Wall Street Journal - 21 Feb 2016 21:09
Foreign central banks have sharply increased their overnight deposits in a Federal Reserve program, the latest shift to reverberate through short-term global lending markets.
The Indian growth poser
livemint.com - 21 Feb 2016 20:59
Despite virtues of sticking to fiscal consolidation path, govt may raise expenditure to meet mounting pressures, without making commensurate fiscal savings, say analysts
Signs of bank credit growth, but not in job-creating sectors
livemint.com - 21 Feb 2016 20:59
Small and medium industry, construction sectors have a lot of jobs potential and the fact that growth of credit to these sectors is negative does not augur well for job growth
Govt's bonanza from lower oil prices
livemint.com - 21 Feb 2016 20:59
The government will garner `2.1 trillion revenue from the oil sector in fiscal 2016 by way of cess, excise and royalties, almost double that of a year ago, say analysts
Households less optimistic about the economy: Survey
livemint.com - 21 Feb 2016 20:58
Optimism about the overall state of the economy has come down as compared to 2014, finds a survey by Principal Retirement Advisors
Best health insurance plans for you
livemint.com - 21 Feb 2016 20:57
The rule book defines pre-existing disease as any condition, ailment, injury or related conditions for which the insured person had signs or symptoms, and/or was diagnosed and/or received medical treatment within 48 mont...
Restrict satellite part of mutual fund portfolio to 20-30%
livemint.com - 21 Feb 2016 20:57
Since they carry more risk, this portion of your portfolio should typically be restricted to 20-30% of the overall portfolio
Foreign portals: cheap stuff, big risks?
livemint.com - 21 Feb 2016 20:57De-jargoned: Mutual fund cut-off time
livemint.com - 21 Feb 2016 20:57
There are separate rules for liquid funds and equity or debt funds. Here is a look at what the cut-off timings are
New market storm could catch euro zone unprepared
livemint.com - 21 Feb 2016 17:10
Distracted by unresolved migration crisis and Brexit negotiations, euro zone leaders could be caught unprepared by a new storm brewing in financial markets
Real Estate: Why Latin America Is The New Hot Spot For Investors
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 17:01
Investors who feel they’ve been booted out of the U.S. real estate market (and the rest of the developed world for that matter) may want to consider doing the cha cha cha in Latin America. Exchange-traded fund industry...
Millennials, There Are No More Excuses To Keep You From Investing Now
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 16:30
Millennials are repeating the bad habits of their Baby Boomer parents. With little financial investments and no retirement strategy, Millennials are on a disastrous path. The time is now for to invest... no more excuses!
Africa Bruised by Investor Exodus
Wall Street Journal - 21 Feb 2016 15:37
Investors are yanking their cash from African assets, until recently a popular play for the adventurous, as a toxic confluence of factors overhangs the continent.
China's Markets Seem Tame in Year of the Monkey
Wall Street Journal - 21 Feb 2016 07:47
It may be early days, but the Year of the Monkey has already brought a sense of calm--and even hope--to China's battered stock markets.
Commodity Slump Puts Dry-Bulk Shipping on Hold
Wall Street Journal - 21 Feb 2016 07:05
Idled ships are crowding coastlines world-wide as increasingly desperate companies that ship iron ore, coal and other bulk commodities try to weather the industry's worst downturn in decades.
5 Big Dividends In Danger
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 02:17
Oil prices picked up this week on the promise that Saudi Arabia and Russia would coordinate a cut in production. But surprise, surprise – there’s already speculation that they’re both going to cheat.