- Adidas in winning form as stocks rebound @ Financial Times - 7 hours ago
Andy Murray's commercial sponsor Adidas enjoyed a winning Monday as Europe's stock markets rebounded higher. Previewing second-quarter results for the region's luxury and sporting goods groups, Credit ...
- Osram fall sharply in stock market debut @ Financial Times - 9 hours ago
Shares in Osram fell as much as 2.4 per cent on their stock market debut on Monday in the first German listing since Deutsche Annington was forced to pull its offering last week due to choppy markets. ...
- Rising rates to spur litany of capital losses @ Financial Times - Sun, Jul 7, 2013 12:54 PM EDT
US banks have watched billions of dollars of paper profits on their securities portfolios wiped out by rising market interest rates, erasing huge gains made during the prolonged run of increasing bond ...
- Hong Kong on Track to Regain IPO Sizzle CNBC - Wed, Jul 3, 2013 1:26 AM EDT
- Oil groups win US court case on disclosure @ Financial Times - Tue, Jul 2, 2013 6:03 PM EDT
Oil companies have won a court victory against the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the financial regulator, over new rules that would have forced them to disclose details of their payments to governments ...
- Quindell pledges fewer acquisitions to calm investor nerves @ Financial Times - Mon, Jul 1, 2013 7:10 PM EDT
Outsourcing group Quindell has made a further effort to calm investor nervousness, by pledging to slow the pace of its acquisitions. The insurance claims processor has bought about 15 companies since listing ...
- UK miners and financials gain despite China data @ Financial Times - Mon, Jul 1, 2013 4:13 AM EDT
There are signs of a return of risk appetite on European equity markets, with financial stocks in demand across the region. London's FTSE 100 index, heavily-weighted towards mining stocks, benefited from ...
- Share rout set to delay China banks' Hong Kong listings @ Financial Times - Sun, Jun 30, 2013 10:34 AM EDT
China's banks have been dealt a further blow as falling share prices put on ice a number of potential new Hong Kong listings. Several smaller Chinese commercial lenders had been planning Hong Kong stock ...
- Renewable energy investor plans £300m IPO @ Financial Times - Thu, Jun 27, 2013 7:57 AM EDT
A Guernsey investment company has become the latest group to head to the London Stock Exchange to raise money to buy a clutch of European wind and solar farms. Renewables Infrastructure said it planned ...
- Enticing Dividend-Paying Stock Picks Kiplinger - Thu, Jun 27, 2013 12:00 AM EDT
Angling for more yield from your portfolio? Who isn't in this low-rate environment? Sure, there's risk with stocks in a volatile market, but even if share prices bounce around, the income from dividend-paying ...
- HD Supply prices below expectations @ Financial Times - Wed, Jun 26, 2013 6:55 PM EDT
HD Supply, a former unit of Home Depot acquired by buyout groups at the height of the US housing bubble, has raised $957m from an initial public offering after pricing shares far below its expected range. ...
- These days, a good IPO strategy requires keeping tabs on Ben Bernanke Quartz - Wed, Jun 26, 2013 3:45 PM EDT
IPOs in the US have been on a roll this year, with companies on track to raise the most money by going public since the financial crisis. But recent market volatility, sparked partly by hints that the ...
- Investors are tired of giving their money to tech founders without strings attached Quartz - Wed, Jun 26, 2013 1:40 PM EDT
The latest round of tech IPOs has featured multi-class stock structures that give company founders a lot of control. But big investors have become less tolerant of that setup, which disempowers other shareholders. ...
- How to Get Paid to Be an Investor Wyatt Investment Research - Wed, Jun 26, 2013 9:30 AM EDT
There are so many advantages to selling puts to buy stocks you want to own. It’s a safe and reliable way to bring in income, but some investors simply use the strategy to lower the cost basis of their ...
- Guess Who Was Buying Amid the June Sell-Off CNBC - Wed, Jun 26, 2013 12:44 AM EDT
- Buy-and-Hold is Dead .... Long Live Buy-and-Hold Wyatt Investment Research - Mon, Jun 24, 2013 8:49 AM EDT
In recent years, buy-and-hold has suffered its share of slings and arrows by those with novel theories. As an income investor, I bristle at the impertinence.
- 5 Great Comeback Stocks Kiplinger - Thu, Jun 20, 2013 12:00 AM EDT
These companies are putting a troubled past behind them. The stocks are risky, but they offer big opportunities.
- A Secret Income Strategy to Generate Exceptional Investment Return Wyatt Investment Research - Mon, Jun 17, 2013 8:45 AM EDT
Every dividend-growth stock has a starting point for paying a dividend. Exceptional wealth isn't generated by the history of dividend growth; it's generated by accumulating the dividends that will be forthcoming. ...
- Avaya’s delayed IPO appears to be back on track amid a hot market for public offerings Quartz - Mon, Jun 3, 2013 3:04 PM EDT
The IPO for US telecommunications company Avaya, which first filed for a $1 billion public offering in 2011, seems to be back on track. After delaying its IPO last year, Avaya, which provides routers, ...
- Brazil’s economy is weak, but its IPOs are still going strong Quartz - Fri, May 31, 2013 7:26 PM EDT
Brazil’s GDP growth has been disappointing, but one company remains bullish on the economy: cement producer Votorantim Cimentos. The Brazilian company today filed information relating to its upcoming IPO, ...
- How Facebook’s IPO was bungled by Nasdaq’s computers Quartz - Wed, May 29, 2013 2:55 PM EDT
At last, electronic exchange Nasdaq has agreed to cough up $10 million dollars to settle SEC charges related to the bungling of Facebook’s May 2012 IPO. It was an ugly start to Facebook’s career as a public ...
- On Eve of Split, News Corp. Announces Major Write-Down of Publishing Unit @ BusinessWeek - Tue, May 28, 2013 12:44 PM EDT
Rupert Murdoch's newspaper- and book-publishing properties will take a big accounting hit before they are spun off in June
- Tesla Shares Break $100, Punishing Short-Selling Skeptics @ BusinessWeek - Tue, May 28, 2013 11:58 AM EDT
A torrent of good news and personal investment by Chief Executive Elon Musk are relentlessly squeezing Tesla's short sellers
- Tesla shares race past $100 as investors shrug off Better Place bankruptcy Quartz - Tue, May 28, 2013 11:13 AM EDT
Are you one of those investors shorting Tesla Motors? Best to stay in bed today. The Silicon Valley electric carmaker’s shares zoomed past $100 this morning for the first time as Tesla rides a wave of ...
- Investors Spread Their Housing Bets The Wall Street Journal - Mon, May 27, 2013 6:00 PM EDT
Rising U.S. home prices have sparked a run-up in shares of Lennar Corp., KB Home and Toll Brothers Inc., and cleared the way for the first initial public offerings by home builders since 2004. Now, some ...
- Five Financial Headlines that were Laughably Wrong Wyatt Investment Research - Thu, May 23, 2013 4:47 PM EDT
Financial headlines often go for the “wow” factor, trying to attract readers by making a bold or outlandish claim. Oftentimes, however, those bold claims miss the mark.
- Initiating Coverage Of Amarantus - Credibility vs. Perception Zacks Small Cap Research - Wed, May 22, 2013 10:30 AM EDT
By Jason Napodano, CFA Today, I am initiating coverage of Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc. (OTC:AMBS) with a 'Neutral' rating and $0.25 price target. Yes, a 'Neutral' rating. Neutral based primarily ...
- Can Bernanke Rein in Those Dollar Bulls? CNBC - Wed, May 22, 2013 12:13 AM EDT
The U.S. dollar has been on a roll since talk of the Federal Reserve unwinding its aggressive monetary stimulus program gathered pace about a fortnight ago. Now, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke could give the ...
- Tableau IPO Up 64% in Debut Wyatt Investment Research - Tue, May 21, 2013 11:39 AM EDT
Yesterday¡rsquo;s Tableau IPO was the latest sign of the appetite investors have for new stocks right now.
- The Rich Investor’s Secret to Buying Low Wyatt Investment Research - Tue, May 21, 2013 9:02 AM EDT
Eight months ago, investors had essentially written off Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX). Now the stock is up 239% -- the latest evidence of why it pays to buy a good company after bad news.
- Fed Policy Saps 401(k)’s: Why These Stocks Help YCharts - Mon, May 20, 2013 10:04 AM EDT
A new study from the non-partisan Employee Benefit Research Institute doesn’t tread in the investing waters, but it nonetheless does a great job explaining why dividend-paying stocks could remain in demand ...
- European Equities 'So Appealing' Right Now CNBC - Mon, May 20, 2013 5:23 AM EDT
- Facebook (FB): One Year Later Wyatt Investment Research - Fri, May 17, 2013 2:21 PM EDT
Tomorrow will mark a year since Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) went public in one of the most hyped initial public offerings in market history. As we know now, the stock has not lived up to that hype.
- Tableau’s listing on NYSE today heightens the intense race for tech IPOS with Nasdaq Quartz - Fri, May 17, 2013 1:34 PM EDT
The IPO for data visualization firm Tableau Software today lived up to the hype that has preceded it. Tableau opened trading at $47, compared to its IPO price of $31—and that’s even after the size of the ...
- How to Find Under-Valued Small-Cap Stocks YCharts - Fri, May 17, 2013 9:57 AM EDT
Stamps.com (NASDAQ:STMP) shareholders just saw their fortunes shoot up some 50%, as seen in a stock chart , on little more than an earnings surprise that made investors realize they’d underestimated the ...
- Tesla’s next model: a $450 million convertible (debt) offering Quartz - Thu, May 16, 2013 2:13 PM EDT
“Well, we don’t have any plans right now to raise funding.” – Elon Musk, investor conference call, May 8, 2013. “Supercharger announcement pushed to next week. Something else this week.” – Elon Musk via ...
- Is Google (GOOG) a $1,000 Stock, or the Next Apple (AAPL)? Wyatt Investment Research - Thu, May 16, 2013 10:59 AM EDT
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just topped $900 for the first time in its history. Will it become the first tech stock to reach $1,000 a share...or is it on the brink of an Apple-like decline?
- Can Hong Kong regain its crown as the world’s top IPO destination? Quartz - Thu, May 16, 2013 6:50 AM EDT
Hong Kong’s stock market was number one in the world by value for initial public offerings between 2009 and 2010. In 2013, until this week, it was 13th—behind Iraq. But there is hope yet. Sinopec Engineering, ...
- Jana invested in Groupon and Zynga, but it will probably leave the companies alone Quartz - Wed, May 15, 2013 6:35 PM EDT
Hedge fund Jana Partners revealed stakes today in online daily deals company Groupon and online game developer Zynga, sending shares of those companies up. Jana is sometimes an activist investor that pushes ...
- Hedge Funds Slash Apple Stakes in Q1 CNBC - Wed, May 15, 2013 2:33 PM EDT
- 3 Companies Upping their Dividend by more than 10% Wyatt Investment Research - Wed, May 15, 2013 12:15 PM EDT
Terra Nitrogen (NYSE: TNH) is one of three companies increasing their dividend by more than 10% this week. TNH¡#39;s recent history suggests, however, that it isn¡#39;t as reliable a dividend grower as ...
- Why Chanos Rips Seagate YCharts - Wed, May 15, 2013 9:37 AM EDT
From the looks of trading in Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX), Jim Chanos is no David Einhorn. Chanos bashed Seagate as a value trap in a presentation at a major investment conference last Wednesday, but ...
- ING priced its US unit lower than expected for the second-largest IPO in the US this year Quartz - Wed, May 1, 2013 6:49 PM EDT
In a surprising move, the US insurance arm of the Netherlands’ ING Groep priced its IPO today at $19.50, which is lower than the share range it had announced earlier. But it increased the size of the offering ...
- How to Avoid the Next Pitney Bowes (Div Slash) YCharts - Wed, May 1, 2013 12:01 PM EDT
Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) stock sank on news the postal meter maker would halve its long-cherished dividend, and the move ought to send yield junkies, who’ve been loading up on dividend-paying stocks, in ...
- Record Bond Deal Boosts Apple to Month High Wyatt Investment Research - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 3:42 PM EDT
Apple¡rsquo;s (NASDAQ: AAPL) newfound generosity is helping the slumping stock finally turn a corner.
- 'Rotate in May' Could Be the Spring Market Play CNBC - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 8:37 AM EDT
- ChartWatch: CREE Lights Up Wyatt Investment Research - Mon, Apr 29, 2013 2:54 PM EDT
Cree (NASDAQ: CREE) has a bright future ahead after the company reported strong revenue growth last week. The LED lights manufacturer reported outstanding financials for the third quarter, with sales growing ...
- Tech’s Now Dividend Land: We Identify the Stars YCharts - Fri, Apr 26, 2013 10:16 AM EDT
This is part of a YCharts series analyzing dividend-payers across all 10 sectors of the S&P; 500. The first in our series showed readers how to find dividend stars and focused on healthcare stocks . Subsequent ...
- Want Dividends? How to Avoid Dead-Money Sectors YCharts - Thu, Apr 25, 2013 8:59 AM EDT
This is part of a YCharts series analyzing dividend-payers across all 10 sectors of the S&P; 500. The first in our series showed readers how to find dividend stars and focused on healthcare stocks . Subsequent ...
- Why the CEO of Inrix isn’t looking to maximize the traffic data provider’s IPO valuation Quartz - Thu, Apr 25, 2013 7:40 AM EDT
Inrix, a provider of road traffic and other data, will likely go public later this year and could raise up to $100 million. The IPO from the Microsoft spinoff is highly anticipated and will showcase the ...