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June, 28, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingInvestors wonder if negotiations are over.
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June, 28, 2014 from Value Investing NewsEquity ownership will one day make you wealthy. Shared: Twitter: 0 LinkedIn: 0 Facebook: 0 Original news source
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June, 28, 2014 from Forbes - InvestingDragons’ Den (or Sharks’ Tank in the US) is one of the BBC’s great success stories, and has certainly played its part in propelling entrepreneurship into the mainstream. But as is so often the case with reality TV, it’s worth bearing in ...
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June, 28, 2014 from Institutional Investor: Asset ManagementInvestec on the U.S.’s partnership with Africa, Pimco’s tips on REITs and more from BlackRock, KKR and J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Agnico Eagle Mines shares are among the best performers in the gold mining sector this year following the recent acquisition of Osisko Mining , which the company purchased together with Yamana Gold . However, even ...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Source: General Electric Company Everything is bigger in Texas -- including wind energy. But bigger isn't always better, and the Lonestar state has felt its fair share of renewable energy growing pains. But like a...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing The Moto 360 smartwatch will launch later this year. Source: Google. Google officially launched its Android Wear software earlier this week, powering new smartwatches by Samsung and LG. Not to be outdone, Apple is ...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing America's recent oil boom has been so productive that we now have more oil than domestic refiners can handle -- and some companies, such as Enterprise Products , Continental Resources , and Pioneer Natural Resourc...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Credit : Flickr user Steve Snodgrass . Some people spend too much time -- their whole lives, even -- avoiding the stock market because they simply don't know how to buy stocks and the entire market is one big myste...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Now starting at $199, Apple's 16GB iPod Touch just received some much-needed attention. Credit: Apple It doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess why Apple 's iPod lineup is seemingly falling into obsolescence. Aft...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Flickr / JohnGoode. You read the news, and there's all this talk of "dark pools." Well, what on earth is a dark pool? Imagine you're a major Wall Street titan who everyone pays attention to, like Carl Icahn *. You ...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing In a prior piece , I explored the potential of Samsung Electronics dropping the development of its mobile system-on-chip product line known as Exynos. While Samsung does use the Exynos family of processors in a num...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing The casual investor is probably unaware of one of Berkshire Hathaway's biggest strengths. I was in Omaha for Berkshire's annual meeting, and had the pleasure of chatting with George Washington University law profes...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Photo credit: Flickr/ wonderlane . The United States has undergone a stunning reversal of fortune thanks to fracking. A nation that once worried that it would run out of energy sources is now on the verge of becomi...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Most of us view email as a necessary evil. You certainly need it to keep up with work, and there always seems to be those few holdouts in every family who refuse to join Facebook like the rest of the world. But it...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing For those of you Ford Motor Company investors attempting to keep abreast of the company's dealings, the last two weeks have been busy. Hopefully you didn't blink, because if you did you likely missed an entirely ne...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing F-35 Lightning II. Photo credit: Lockheed Martin via Northrop Grumman. Lockheed Martin 's F-35 is projected to cost almost $400 billion just for acquisition and development. Further, an estimate from the Cost Analy...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Accountability has been a big deal lately in health care, and a huge disruptor of the traditional way things have been done. Medicare has been using Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to try and find ways to red...
- The Unexpected, Enormous Expense That Throws Retirement Planning Out the Window (Hint: It's Not HealJune, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing When it comes to retirement planning, there's one maxim that's worth repeating a thousand times: The earlier you get started, the better. There's no amount of ink that can be spilled to truly capture the power of c...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Financial analysts and commentators have established a cottage industry out of making retirees feel guilty about taking Social Security benefits early. But not only are these so-called experts lacking in empathy; t...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Source: Dow Chemical. Freeport-McMoRan , PotashCorp , and Dow Chemical each possess the two key characteristics I'm looking for in a great stock to own in an IRA. All three companies pay a compelling dividend tod...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 96 points for the week, or 0.56%. Among the more interesting tech stocks during the week were freshly listed GoPro , its chip-partner Ambarella , and software giant Mi...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Warren Buffett has been able to outperform the market for so many years because he buys companies at a fair price. Looking at the long-term picture, the multiple you pay today makes a big difference in the long ter...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Anti-GMO activists who disagree with Monsanto 's practices may take this as a slap in the face: The seed king trampled Street estimates for its third quarter, improved its outlook, and outlined a long-term plan tha...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Creating a last will and testament is a smart way to make sure that your loved ones receive your assets with a minimum of fuss and effort after your death. But all too often, people go to great pains to write a wil...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing The rumored Apple iWatch has been the Loch Ness Monster of technology products. There have been alleged sightings and lots of stories, but no confirmation. If an Apple watch is coming, nobody other than a select f...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing If the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is commonly referred to as Obamacare, has taught us anything, it's that the entire health care system is going to remain fluid and dynamic mov...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing When Activision Blizzard released its Skylanders line of NFC-enabled game figurines, it managed to marry a video game franchise to a line of collectible miniatures. This made the sale of the game just the start o...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing The U.S. military has a reputation as a somewhat secretive organization. But in one respect, at least, the Pentagon is one of the most "open" of our government agencies. Every day of the week, rain or shine, the De...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing As McDonald's and Taco Bell, which is part of Yum! Brands , engage in a war of words over breakfast, the real winner might just be IHOP, which is owned by DineEquity . Ever since Taco Bell introduced its new breakf...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Cloud computing giant Salesforce recently launched an ambitious telehealth collaboration with Dutch conglomerate Koninklijke Philips . Philips' medical monitoring devices will send biometric data to mobile apps, wh...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing When Wal-Mart began its march across the United States, it left a wave of destroyed competitors in its wake. The retail giant was not alone in causing this devastation. Other big-box chains such as Home Depot , ...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Including pre-game coverage, the average soccer match has between 10 and 20 minutes of commercials. That pales in comparison to sports like football, basketball, and baseball. The same characteristics that attract ...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Social Security helps millions of retirees, but the program provides more than just retirement benefits. Social Security disability payments also help many workers who have lost the ability to earn income for thems...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing When we invest in the major diversified oil and gas giants, there's not a lot of thought given to the particulars. Oil production just sort of happens, and it's rare to worry about how. Today, let's worry about how...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Source: Wikimedia Commons As Nathan's Famous turns 100 years young in 2016, you would probably think that its earnings growth power has matured and there isn't much excitement ahead. However, a deeper look underne...
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June, 28, 2014 from Lose money with friends!Hey, Im an 18 year old from Australia and have 6.6k saved up. I was wondering whether to invest some of this into the stock market to earn a bit more or to keep it in the bank and earn interest on it. submitted by BlazedCow [link] [2 com...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Citigroup had a rough start to 2014. But investors need to keep an eye on one number to gauge how well the bank is positioning itself not just this year, but for the future. The strong improvement A bank's efficien...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing Realty Income 's revenue rose nearly 30% to $220 million during the first three months of the year, but that its net income fell by 25%. Does that make you nervous? What if I told you that peer National Retail Pr...
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June, 28, 2014 from Investments | The GuardianRenewable energy schemes currently offer far greater returns to investors than cash Isas, but there are dangers Savers are being offered returns of up to 9% a year or four times the best available rates on cash Isas by lending their mone...
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June, 28, 2014 from DailyFinance.comFiled under: Investing In a world many thousands of years ago, a young girl named Cinderella is at an elegant ball, dancing with a charming prince. She arrived in an extravagant carriage, dressed in fine silk, and wore delicate glass sli...
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June, 27, 2014 from Lose money with friends!I'm thinking about taking about 5% of my portfolio and putting it into the market. I want long term stuff. I'm not really into index funds and I want to avoid the credit card companies, big banks and anything payment/remittance r...
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June, 27, 2014 from Lose money with friends!I am not a smart man. I don't know about investing and the stock market. I just had a thought and am curious if money could be made betting on the stock market crashing this October. Please don't be mean, like I said, I admit tha...
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June, 27, 2014 from Lose money with friends!VTI has a lower expense ratio, but the 5 year history on QQQ is very good and even outperforms, plus it pays dividends. Anything else I should consider before making my choice? submitted by bobloadmire [link] [comment]
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June, 27, 2014 from Lose money with friends!So I'm planning to setup a Vanguard account and setup a lazy portfolio with the 3 big ETF's: VTI, VXUS, and BND. I will likely put 40% in VTI, 30% in VXUS, and 30% in BND. So let's say after a year the funds have changed so m...
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June, 27, 2014 from Investments | The GuardianThe church's financial arm has an interest in the payday lending firm, believed to be around £100,000 The Church of England faces the prospect that last year's controversy over its investment in Wonga could be reignited after the body th...
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June, 27, 2014 from Globe Investor - Globe Investor RSS feedA humorous look at the companies that caught our eye, for better or worse, this week
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June, 27, 2014 from Lose money with friends!Are there any offerings for retail investors to get exposure to CoCoS? I am fully aware of the risks involved, and will most certainly get more educated on them before I put any amount of money in them. Please refrain from telling me abo...
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June, 27, 2014 from Lose money with friends!I feel that interface design technology holds a lot of promise for the future and I came across a cool company that I wanted to invest in but they're private and backed by investment companies, So I checked out one of the investment ...
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June, 27, 2014 from Lose money with friends!I want to give my sister 2000 dollars to invest, she is 26 and I just want her to start investing for long term, what are the best ways to invest this money? Thanks. submitted by Rodrigos122 [link] [comment]