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Nissan Taking Electric Car to China (TM, F, GM, NSANY, BYDDF)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 8:25 am

Last week carmaker Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) said that it had no plans to introduce an all-electric car into the Chinese market. Unlike both Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) ...
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Air India Contracts with Boeing & Airbus Under Fire (BA, EADSY, FDX, FAA)

Posted: September 8, 2011 at 10:21 am

Just a few months before Air India merged with Indian Air in early 2007, each carrier placed significant orders with Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and Airbus maker European Aeronautic Defense ...
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Goldman Sachs Says Yes On Metals & Mining: Growth Vs. Value (FCX, AA, CENX, RS, WOR, XME, COPX)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 10:22 am

Is the world economy slowing or are we at the trough?  It depends upon whom you ask.  A report today from Goldman Sachs is highlighting the great value in the ...
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BofA’s China Stake Sale Is Better For Holders Than Buffett (BAC, BRK-A, BRK-B, JPM, WFC, XLF, FAS)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 10:20 am

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) raised $5 billion in cash from Warren Buffett last week, and the bank announced this morning that more cash is on the way from ...
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Citigroup Downgrades Global GDP Growth for 2011 & 2012

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 8:02 am

Citigroup is downgrading the global growth targets for 2011 and 2012.  The economic team there now sees the global growth  Citigroup cut its 2011 global GDP growth forecast to 3.1% ...
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Melcro Crown: How Macau Is An Earnings Haven (MPEL, WYNN, LVS)

Posted: August 23, 2011 at 10:03 am

There is a trend happening about gambling in Asia, and it no longer just involves Asian businessmen flying to Las Vegas.  This is about Macau, and the pure-play for Macau ...
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Whore in the Night: S&P Downgrades U.S. After the Fact.. More Nations To Follow

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 9:48 pm

The headlines might seem shocking when you see that Standard & Poor's has downgraded the United States' credit rating to "AA+" from what was the sacred "AAA" rating.  This rumor ...
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Chasing & Understanding Volatility: Sify’s Wild Move (SIFY)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 1:29 pm

Securities that rise more than 10% in a day, like shares of Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: SIFY) did Friday and have done today, can easily fall more than 10% in ...
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Troublesome Redemption Data in Equity Funds, Where That Money Goes…

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 11:04 am

Troubling data keeps coming out of the old world mutual fund universe.  Battered by two bear markets in a decade, mutual fund investors have continued to flee positions in ...
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Why U.S. Bond Investors Should Look Internationally (GMDFX, GAMDX, PEBLX, RPIBX)

Posted: July 18, 2011 at 8:19 am

Bonds should be a part of almost all portfolios through time, particularly for those getting more elevated in age who need safety.  It is no secret that U.S. bond yields ...
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Many ETFs and Mutual Funds at Risk over Chinese Bank Stock Holdings (FXI, GXC, PGJ, MCHFX, FHKAX, TCWAX)

Posted: July 18, 2011 at 8:01 am

Estimates of the amount of Chinese bank lending total nearly $7.5 trillion. Of that total about 30%, or $2.2 trillion, has been lent through a central government program that puts ...
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Newest Gold Boom Could Aid Big Miners (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, NEM, ABX, AUY, GG)

Posted: July 12, 2011 at 1:47 pm

The price of gold topped 1,100 euros/ounce yesterday, its highest point ever against the single currency. The yellow metal is also threatening its US dollar peak, having risen to more ...
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Swapping BRICs, ETF Funds Leaving China and Going to Brazil (FXI, EWZ, GXC, HAO, BKF)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Fears of inflation and increased oversight into accounting practices are causing US investors to pull funds from China-focused ETFs, with a parallel interest in putting more funds into Brazilian equity ...
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Privatizations to Share Sales, Russia Wants to be China (XOM, BP, RDS-A, BIDU, LDK, TSL, YNDX)

Posted: July 7, 2011 at 1:15 pm

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev told an economic conference last month that he had ordered the government to reduce its controlling interests in some of the country's biggest companies. He wants ...
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Beyond Greece & ECB, Debt Woes Only Growing Elsewhere in Europe (TI, PT, EWI, AIB, IRE, NBG, EWP, SNF)

Posted: July 7, 2011 at 7:18 am

Greece saved itself with its latest austerity measures.  For a few months, maybe.  If you have read about Greece's woes and read about the bailout and rescue process, the real ...
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