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Facebook’s Final Private Share Sale Is Near

You have already been told that Facebook is asking for private market exchanges to cease trading its shares.  You have also been told about a fund dedicated solely to buying ...
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New Agriculture ETF/ETP Launches For Diversification (TAGS, CORN, SOYB, CANE, WEAT)

Teucrium Agricultural Fund (NYSE: TAGS) is a new agriculture ETF being launched by Teucrium Trading, LLC.  The new exchange traded product actually appears to be structured as bit like a ...
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When Closed-End Funds Buy Back Shares (CHN, FXI)

The China Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CHN) is a closed-end mutual fund rather than an exchange-traded fund.  It also has traded in a sloppy manner where the fund often tracks its ...
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SecondMarket Launches ‘The Facebook Fund’ To Buy Shares Before IPO (FB, GSVC)

SecondMarket is taking a new approach to allowing investors to buy into Facebook ahead of the upcoming IPO, and it is quite different from any efforts to date from this ...
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The Case for DJIA 14,000… Or 15,000 (JPM, BAC, IBM, XOM, CVX, CAT, AAPL, MSFT, INTC, GE)

2012 has been a great year for stocks. We have recently seen the NASDAQ return to 3,000 for the first time in a decade.  The S&P 500 Index has also ...
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The 10 Largest Hedge Funds in America

By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching ...
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Warren Buffett Bought Shares of J.P. Morgan (WFC, BAC, JPM)

Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) have invested in banks on and off, and the public filings show that Berkshire is a larger and larger stake holder in ...
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Warren Buffett’s Annual Letter Names His Successor, Sort Of (BRK.A, BAC, IBM, AXP, KO, WFC)

The annual letter for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is out and the discussion immediately jumps in about who will succeed Warren Buffett, book value, buybacks, and the portfolio.  Berkshire ...
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Two New Emerging Market Dividend ETFs (BLK, DVYE, DVYA, EDIV, DEM, DGS)

Dividend investors have two new vehicles to go out and earn monthly or quarterly income from equities.  There is also an Asia/Pacific angle and emerging market angle to these.  BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: ...
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ETF Reverse Stock Split Highlights Solar Death (TAN, FSLR, GTAT, TSL, WFR)

The Guggenheim Solar ETF (NYSE: TAN) has been a total dud due to the fact that solar shares are only liked now by short sellers and the White House.  These ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to K (BRK-B, BRK-A, AXP, BK, KO, CVS, CDCO, COP, COST, DVA, DG, GCI, GE, GSK, INTC, IR, IBM, JNJ, KFT, XOM)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken ...
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Fitch Joins E.U. Downgrade Waves (EWK, IRE, EIRL, IRL, EWI, TI, EWP, STD)

Fitch has joined in on the European sovereign credit rating downgrades.  First it was S&P, but we might argue that this should have mostly been factored in already.  Is it ...
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Junk Bonds At Critical Juncture, Dividends & Yields Galore (JNK, HYG, PHB, HYV, PHT, PHK, AWF, HIX, HIO)

Junk bonds, or high-yield bonds are at a level that all income investors need to be paying attention to.  After a big recovery in the sector and after the markets ...
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The BRIC Cheer: Stimulus Coming To India (EPI, PIN, IFN, IIF, INFY, TTM, IBN, SLT)

India could finally be starting to turn itself around.  Now that the nation is no longer so ultra-concerned about inflation tearing apart its population, the country is aiming for some ...
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The Story of Negative Yields in Germany (BUNL, BUND, BUNT)

Europeans are seeking safety in the same manner in which investors in the United States sought safety during times after the stock market crash.  Imagine selling a bond issuance at ...
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