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- Can Green Buildings Bring Investors Great Returns?
You’ve read it many times before in these pages…
Despite the environmental benefits of green building, it is primarily the proven economic benefits that are moving the industry from niche to mainstream.
Here’s a perfect example of what I’m talking about:
The California EPA Headquarters Building in Sacramento—with systems calibration, monitoring, and maintenance for energy performance—delivers annual savings of nearly $200,000. And after-hours heating and lighting … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - US Budget Deficit To Grow Much Worse
The mid-session review of the federal budget released during the past week saw the White House revise its outlook for the deficit towards nominal highs. The administration is forecasting that the deficit will come in at $389 billion in 2008 and the 2009 deficit should arrive at $482 billion.
The provisional estimate is a snapshot of current spending plans that does not take into account the emerging economic reality. This year seven banks have failed, which may be a grim preview of the … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Special Report: Hit The BRICs For A Global-Investing Double Play
The First of Two Parts.
By Martin HutchinsonIf you’re a global investor looking for global profits - including one potential way to double your money - you need to “Hit the BRICs.”
Back in 2003, the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) - eager to push its clients toward emerging markets investment - created the acronym “BRIC” to stand for Brazil, Russia, India and China, the four emerging markets the investment bank’s strategists believed … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Growth May Slow In Developing Economies
The number of reports of electricity shortages in China, India, and other developing economies recently, some of which I have posted, seem to be increasing. Part of the problem in China may be due to environmental sensitivity surrounding the Olympics. But it may also reflect a real shortage of coal globally and also the fact that electricity is becoming uneconomical to produce given price controls on … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Real Estate And ETFs In China Are Presenting Real Opportunity
As the U.S. real estate market is in shambles, Chinese real estate may be building up, upgrading exchange traded funds (ETFs) as they go.
The Chinese residential market has managed to maintain its strength, and the pace of construction is hard to keep up with. Tony Sagami for Money and Markets illustrates this with the fact that around 70% of all the world's … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Forex Wrap-Up: Dollar Again The Winner As It Leans On Euro And Pound Weakness
From 5.5% to 5.7% - that’s how much unemployment rate has increased in the US in July according to Friday’s release of non-farm payrolls. This came in worse than an expected reading of 5.6%, and marks the highest unemployment rate in more than four years. The US dollar initially spiked up against other major currencies like the Euro and Swiss franc … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Vulcan Materials: A Good Buy/Takeover
Vulcan (VMC) is an interesting company that has more or less returned to its roots by focusing on cornerstone building materials. Founded in 1909,VMC, based in Birmingham, AL with strategic locations nationwide and in Mexico (serving Houston, New Orleans and Tampa) provides infrastructure materials that are required by the American economy. Vulcan is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates, a major producer of other construction materials including asphalt … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Embrace The Market Volatility
NEWS: The major indices closed lower today with the NASDAQ showing relative strength versus its peers. The Dow finished with a loss of 205 points or 1.8% and is basically unchanged on the week. The move today marked the fourth consecutive triple-digit gain/loss. The S&P 500 fell 17 points or 1.3% on the session. Technology held up well and the NASDAQ only gave back 4 points or 0.2%. The Russell 2000 showed some strength in the small-caps, relatively speaking, only falling … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Stock Picks And Trade Ideas For Friday - YHOO, JDSU, RIMM, QCOM
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Qualcomm (QCOM) is one of the hottest stocks in the market right now. The stock is looking good and looks set to break into new highs, but if prices pullback, the $54 level is a possible area for them to … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - US Stock Market Summary: US Unemployment Worsens
The headline for Thursday was the continued increase in jobless claims and the all important continuing claims data. This data which is released every Thursday morning at 8:30 AM (US EST) surprised the market and sent the bulls running for the door. Why was this a surprise? Now that is hard to say for we have been studying the trends for a very long time and this was expected. But the stock market is at its core a “speculators playpen”, everybody taking different positions based on their … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Investing In Financial Stocks
For the average investor, the urge to buy low is practically etched into their DNA. That’s why anything they find on the bargain rack is just too tempting for most retail buyers to ignore.
But as wise as that strategy obviously is, it is often a temptation that leads to disaster—particularly when buying in the universe of fallen but can’t miss high flyers.
That’s because when a stock has fallen heavily from a very high price to a much lower price, some investors just can’t seem to help … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Belgium's ETFs May Fluctuate Amid Identity Crisis
As Belgium struggles with an identity crisis among its French and Dutch-speaking citizens, certain exchange traded funds (ETFs) may feel the repercussions of this turmoil.
Belgium is a country made up of two rather distinct regions: Dutch-speaking Flanders in the North and French-speaking Wallonia in the South. However, the capital city of Brussels is essentially an island of French-speaking Belgians in a sea of Dutch-speakers.
Despite the stalemate that exists between French and … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Exxon Posts Record $32.36 Billion Tax Payment
CNN’s headline: “Exxon posts record $11.68 billion profit.”
According to CNN, Exxon Mobil once again reported the largest quarterly profit in U.S. history … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Goldcorp To Buy Gold Eagle Mines
Goldcorp Inc. (GG) and Gold Eagle Mines Ltd. (GEA.TO) today announced an agreement whereby Goldcorp will acquire, through a friendly plan of arrangement, all outstanding shares of Gold Eagle.
Gold Eagle’s principal asset is the world class Bruce Channel gold discovery which is situated along the prolific Red Lake Trend, adjacent to Goldcorp’s Red Lake gold mine and immediately southwest of Goldcorp’s past-producing Cochenour-Willans Mine.
This … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - RRSat Earnings Soar
Shares in the Israeli RRSat Global Communications (RRST) are having their best day in a long time, as the company surpassed earnings estimates and guided higher for the rest of the year. The company reported that gross margins increased to 32.4%, a 30% year-over-year revenue increase and a strong backlog of orders.
The company provides global, comprehensive, content management and distribution services to the rapidly expanding television and radio broadcasting industries, via "RRsat … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Dolla Bills, Y'all: Record Profits Benefit Oil ETFs
It probably was no mystery where the money for all the oil was going as rising prices drained pocketbooks and benefited exchange traded funds (ETFs).
If you were wondering, though, Exxon Mobil (XOM) has solved the mystery by reporting a second-quarter profit of $11.7 billion, the biggest profit from operations ever by a U.S. corporation, reports John Porretto for the Associated Press. But in spite of that, … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Wary Of Norfolk Southern's Valuation
Ockham Research has turned negative on Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) largely on price concerns. At near $73 per share, NSC is well above glide slope and up 44% for 2008. Indeed, it has been one of the lone bright spots for the transports as most other stocks in this sector have had a rough year. The perception that, in a highly inflationary fuel environment, railroads offer a more efficient means to transport goods than competitors has certainly boosted the stock's performance relative … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Goldman Sachs' Predictions Could Have Implications For ETFs
Goldman Sachs' economic team recently pulled out their crystal ball to come up with a new world order for the year 2040, and the prognostications could affect exchange traded funds (ETFs) in years to come.
Take heed: this team was the originator of the BRIC concept (Brazil, Russia, China and India), and stated that they were developing countries that were expected to catch up and overcome the bigger economies of the developed world. The BRICs wound up becoming among the … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - Another Black Eye For Mutual Funds
The SEC has fined a well respected Mutual Fund manager for allegedly violating its own investment policies.
The Wall Street Journal article Pax Funds Strayed From Its Mission reports that Pax World Management Corp., one of the best-known “socially responsible” investment firms, settled SEC charges that it violated its own rules against purchasing shares in companies involved in such businesses as defense, alcohol, tobacco and gambling.
The SEC alleged that, from 2001 … [visit site to read more]
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Переслать - IPOs Dry Up In Developed World But Emerging Markets Show Promise
By Jason Simpkins
Initial public offerings ground to a halt this year in most of the developed world, as a credit crunch and bear market forced private companies to either postpone offerings, or cancel them all together.
But emerging market IPOs have flourished, accounting for 70% of the total value of public offerings worldwide since April 1.
Globally, the number of IPOs during the second quarter fell by 56% to 205, while the amount of money raised through IPOs … [visit site to read more]
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