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The following is an excerpt from ANDREW BARY | January 19, 2013 | Barrons.com |
Thanks to a second-half flourish, Barron's stock selections finished 2012 comfortably ahead of the market.
Shares of the 121 companies that were the subject of favorable articles during 2012 rose an average of 9%, more than double ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from SIMON CONSTABLE | January 20, 2013 | WSJ.com |
Like the host of "The Price Is Right" TV game show, Wall Street is saying "Come on down!"
Investment professionals are anticipating an influx of income- and growth-hungry mom-and-pop "retail" investors into the stock market this year—especially ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Matt Nesto | January 17, 2013 | Yahoo.com |
It has been a hard six weeks for Boeing (BA). The world's largest commercial airplane manufacturer has been besieged by a growing list of malfunctions and mishaps on its brand new Dreamliner 787 and has also ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Michael Aneiro | January 11, 2013 | Barrons.com |
Loomis Sayles today echoes the popular sentiment that bond investors can expect decent, albeit very modest, returns in 2013. From Loomis macro strategist Thomas Fahey:
The math of fixed income returns becomes more difficult with a steady ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Ian Salisbury | January 8, 2013 | Smartmoney.com |
Dividend investors came out of the fiscal-cliff deal relatively unscathed — a development experts say may spur companies to make bigger payments in 2013.
Investors applauded the compromise in Congress, which kept the dividend tax rate at ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Nadja Brandt | January 11, 2013 | Bloomberg.com |
Newspaper owners, struggling with plunging demand and advertising spending at a six-decade low, are squeezing money out of the assets they do have with rising value: buildings and land.
A.H. Belo Corp. (AHC) is trying to sell ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from RAMESH PONNURU | Jan 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17 | TheWeeklyStandard.com |
Almost everyone is under-estimating what Republicans have just achieved in the fiscal cliff deal, including many Republicans who supported the deal.
Regardless of what politicians have been saying in public, everyone who has ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Evelyn M. Rusli | January 9, 2013 | WSJ.com |
Shares of Facebook Inc. breached the $30 mark on Wednesday, the first time in six months.
The milestone represents a welcome reversal for the social networking company, which struggled last year to convince investors that it ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Gabriel Debenedetti | January 8, 2013 | Reuters.com |
(Reuters) - Stocks fell on Tuesday, retreating from last week's rally on the "fiscal cliff" deal in Washington, as companies started to report results for the fourth quarter.
After a 4.3 percent jump in the two sessions ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Ben Levisohn | January 7, 2013 | Barrons.com |
This morning, as I was going through the research notes in my inbox (some I wish I had received earlier), an obvious theme jumped out–Asia is hot this year. Let’s start with Credit Suisse. In a ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from David Zielenziger | January 7, 2013 | IBtimes.com |
When the current head of the services unit of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) retires next quarter, CEO Virginia Rometty has determined two heads will be better than one.
Michael E. Daniels, 57, who’s been senior ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from CHUCK JAFFE | December 19, 2012 | Smartmoney.com |
In the past decade of writing about stupid investments, one question I was asked most often by readers: "How do I become a smart investor?"
I can answer that question for average investors in three sentences, totaling ... Read More
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