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| Tech Rally Falters, Home Builders Rise |
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| Freddie Mac earnings, swift $12 billion offerig from AIG and weak inflation lifted stocks in the morning. Techs lost most of the gains. |
U.S. stocks rose at close but lost most of their gains by the end of the day. Tech stocks declined in afternoon after Nasdaq index rose nearly 1.4% by mid-day. Stocks rallied after a benign inflation report in the morning and Freddie Mac gained market share and reported smaller than anticipated loss. Home builders advanced. In the regional trading, Mexico gained more than 1% and European markets edged higher. Inflation indexes in China, India and UK gained in the latest read.
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• Miners and Steel Stocks Rise, Toyot
• Retail Sales, Jobless Claims Lift S
• Oil at $123; Nasdaq Down 1.8%
• U.S. Stocks Trend Lower on Weak Tec
• U.S. Stocks Flat; Disney Up, Cisco
• Fannie Mae Lifts Stocks; Cisco Sale
• U.S. Stocks Rebound, Fannie Up, Oil
• Losses at UBS and Fannie Mae
• Yahoo, Countrywide Fall; Sprint, Oi
• Stocks Fall; Yahoo, Microsoft Talks
• Crude Oil Rise Kills Payrolls Rally
• Fed TAF at $75B, Stocks Gain
• Rally in Techs, Financials Lifts U.
• GM, Ford Sales Fall; Toyota, Nissan
• ExxonMobil Falls; Visa, MasterCard
• Fed Signals Pause, Stocks Fall, Bra
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CB Richard Ellis First Quarter Earnings Call
May 14, 12:41 PM EDT |
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| The long-term strategy of diversifying across geographies and service lines shielded the firm from the full effects of the downturn. |
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The real estate firm reported net income was $20.5 million or 10 cents a share, up 70.8% due to significant growth in the outsourcing business though revenue was up marginally to $1.2 billion. As anticipated, the weaker economy as well as the unsettled credit market environment materially impacted the capital markets businesses. Investment sales activity declined in the Americas and Europe due to limited credit availability. |
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| Nexsan |
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The Company offers energy-efficient SATA RAID systems and intelligent archival systems designed to overcome the challenges organizations face with storing and managing fixed content.
The Company currently offers two scalable lines of \"green\" energy efficient SATA RAID systems: SATABeast and SATABoy. The Company’s standalone SATA RAID disk-based systems are often packaged together by the Company’s channel partners or end users, with software or appliances from the Company’s technology partners to deliver client-tailored solutions. |
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Gasoline Inventories Decline
May 14, 10:50 AM EDT |
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| Distillate fuel inventories increased by 1.4 million barrels and are in the lower half of the average range for this time of year. |
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U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 200 thousand barrels from the previous week. At 325.8 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are in the middle of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 1.7 million barrels last week, and are in the middle of the average range. Finished gasoline inventories fell last week while gasoline blending components inventories increased during this same time. |
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Electronic Arts, Whole Foods Fall, Macy's Rise
May 14, 7:01 PM EDT |
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| Macy's gained after revenue declined only 2.9% and it reported first quarter loss of $59 million. |
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Electronic Arts and Whole Foods fell after earnings declined in the ltest quarter. Macy''s and Nice Systems gained on smaller than expected decline in earnings. Whole Foods plunged 13% and led the decliners in the S&P 500 index after it reported revenue rise of 28% to $1.9 billion and net income declined 13% to $40 million or 29 cents per share. Electronic Arts fell after it reported fourth quarter loss of $94 million and revenue increase of 84% to $1.13 billion. |
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BJ's, Costco and Sam's Club Lead Sales
May 08, 2:48 PM EDT |
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| Discount and warehouse club sales gain in April lead all other retail chains as more consumers look for discounts. |
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April same store sales reported by retailers were better than forecasted by analysts. However, the pattern of consumers shifting the spending to discount chains and warehouse clubs was prominent in the data. BJs, Costco and Wal-Mart led the rise in same store sales after adjusting for calendar days, fuel sales and currency. TJX and Abercrombie & Fitch led the sales gains in apparel chains. |
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Visa Earnings Rise 28%
Apr 28, 7:47 PM EDT |
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Visa reported after the close, second quarter net income of $1.45 billion and net income of $314 million compared to $246 million. Earnings per share were 39 cents or adjusted earnings per share were 52 cents. Visa priced its initial public offering at $44 on March 18 of this year. The stock had run up in anticipation of earnings and fell 5% in the after hours of trading. |
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Diversified in Managers
May 08, 11:18 AM EDT |
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Multi-manager funds normally offer investors a greater level of diversification than could be achieved with a single manager fund. Fund manager Kirk Brown and the four sub-advisors at American Beacon International Equity Fund select securities based upon the security's valuation and investment growth rate relative to its country and industry. The sub-advisors each have a core value philosophy but each looks at things a little differently.
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Davis Appreciation & Income Fund |
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Keith Sabol |
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“We believe that if we can manage the use of the entire capital stack, be it convertible
securities, equities, straight debt or preferred stock, we ought to be able to provide investors with equity-like returns, but with less risk and volatility.” |
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Alpine Dynamic Dividend Fund |
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Jill Evans |
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Our primary objective is to provide both a high level of qualified dividend income plus a positive total return but we do not just
“chase dividends”. We look to invest in great companies that are returning cash to
shareholders. |
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Bullfinch Greater Western New York Fund |
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Christopher Carosa |
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We are a regional mutual fund that invests only in companies with a significant
economic presence in Western New York. We
employ a traditional value investment philosophy with a behavioral finance twist. |
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CSI Equity Fund |
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Leland H. Faust |
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We believe that the investment process is more predictable over a longer period of time than over shorter periods of time. We
are much more interested in the tried and true than in the new and exciting. |
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Seascape Focus Growth Fund |
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James W. McCarthy |
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We focus exclusively on fundamental characteristics to put together a focused
portfolio that creates the best balance between upside potential and diversification.
Overall, we want to own the best 30 companies in terms of earnings, growth rates,
PEG and P/E ratios—no more, no less. |
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The Accumulated Wealth of Nations
Apr 25, 2:52 PM EDT |
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When there is a deficiency of information, speculations are abundant. The Sovereign Wealth Funds, established to preserve the accumulated capital in different nations, are often the subject of criticism and mistrust in Europe and the U.S. Rupert Neil Bumfrey clearly explains the role and nature of these funds, both for their own economies and the West. |
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The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures |
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Richard Duncan |
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“Every bubble pops because eventually prices become so high that the underlying income of society is insufficient to finance the interest on the debt that is fueling the bubble. That is why the US property bubble is now popping.“ |
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FTSE Europe, Middle East and Africa |
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Imogen Dillon-Hatcher |
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“The market participants do not like the uncertainty; they want to know how an index will behave and to understand how we treat corporate actions when they occur. When you buy a FTSE Index, you buy it because of the transparency and the methodology." |
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FTSE RAFI Index Series |
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Jerry Moskowitz |
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“A traditional market-cap weighted index, where the stock price is a key variable, is a reflection of the investor psychology and sentiment,
while the fundamentally weighted index tends to focus on objective business
dynamics only.” |
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EverBank World Markets |
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Chuck Butler |
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“As a separate asset class, currencies provide diversification and a hedge to a portfolio, regardless whether we are in a period of a strong dollar or a weak dollar.” |
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A.G. Edwards |
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Denise Garcia |
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“The big move for video advertising online will come when there is enough video and rich-media content to attract consumers. A large consumer audience will drive advertising dollars. Until then, the Internet will be primarily direct marketing and sea |
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