Today’s financial global news updates covers the latest from Israel, India, Finland, Thailand, Mexico, Spain, China, Britain, Singapore, and Hong Kong. *HSBC Holdings is selling its 8% stake in Bank …
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The best scoring mid caps from one year ago (12/12/2012) averaged  bps of excess over the S&P 400, with 0% turnover. The top performers included ACXM up 101%, CNO up …
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US stock indices fell back to key support and trendlines today in a relatively light volume controlled selloff. The cynical side of me thinks that they are ‘taking out the …
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With private sector loan creation in the US and Japan virtually unchanged since Lehman levels (and the US in danger of posting a negative comp in a very months) and Europe loan …
Read More Financial news from Sweden, Norway, Finland, China, Italy, Canada, The Netherlands, Jordan, Ireland, Israel, Britain, Brazil, and (yes) Colombia follow: *Covidien plc, the Irish maker of medical equipment, will acquire …
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An American depository receipt (ADR) is a stock that trades in the United States but represents a specified number of shares in a foreign corporation.  The best scoring ADRs from every week …
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Note from dshort: I’ve updated the quiz based on yesterday’s Q3 Financial Accounts of the United States (previously referred to as the Flow of Funds Accounts). Hint: The correct answer …
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The US banking sector continues to outperform the broader market. Furthermore, for the first time this year, regional bank shares are outperforming the overall bank index, which is driven primarily …
Read More  Ellen Brown, founder of WebofDebt.com, thinks so-called ‘bail-ins’ are coming. Depositors’ money will be legally taken. Brown says, “That’s the big disaster that’s coming. Probably one of these big …
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Returns for our weekly best scoring by market cap: Buy and Hold 1 Year, 0% turnover   The best sector is industrial goods  Focus Picks: ASBC & LII   …
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