Associated Press This year has been a blow-out for shares of U.S. utilities, but gains have left the sector with its highest valuation in more than a decade, raising questions about whether that performance can last. Investors have sought out exposure to utility stocks this year in part …
At least one dead and three injured near Vilnius
At least one person has died and three others have been injured after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania in the early hours of Monday.The Boeing 737, operated for DHL by the Spanish cargo airline Swiftair, crashed near a house as it was on its final approach for landing, local authorities said.All 12 people have been safely evacuated from the property, police said.The cause of the crash is still unclear but the defence minister said there were no initial signs it was sabotage or terrorism. The aircraft departed from DHL's hub at Leipzig Airport in Germany just…
Russia Launches New Intermediate-Range Missile at Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said the attack was in response to Ukraine’s recent use of American and British weapons to strike deeper into Russia. Source link
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas's military commander.A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the court’s jurisdiction and issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.A warrant was also issued for Mohammed Deif, although the Israeli military has said he was killed in an air strike in Gaza in July.The judges said there were “reasonable grounds” the three men bore "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war between Israel and Hamas. Both Israel…
Bursa likely to stage mild follow-through rebound
FOLLOW-THROUGH technical rebound on the Wall Street and regional stock markets provided the impetus for the local bourse to rebound in tandem.
End-of-Year Business Tasks Stressing You Out?
The end of the year is a stressful time. There’s the holidays, year-end accounting, analyzing the previous year, planning for the next year – it can be overwhelming. It reminds me a lot of the sales graph in this cartoon. Don’t worry, though. Whatever stresses have been piling up, …
Boxing Day Boost – Everything is Awesome!
Everything is awesome! ; Yes, I've been watching the Lego Movie with my kids but it does sum up the mood in the markets as we finish up the week with MORE FREE MONEY from our Chinese masters. ;That's right, In order to keep the party going, the PBOC…
Average US 30-year loan rate falls to 3.80 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week, with the benchmark 30-year loan rate reaching a new low for the year.
How Much Can I Give Per Year Without Having to Pay Tax
Administrative note: There will be no articles this upcoming Friday or Monday, due to the holidays. The regular posting schedule will resume the following Friday (1/2). I hope you all enjoy your holidays! A reader writes in, asking: “How much can I give per year without having to …
Season’s Greetings!
Thank you very much for reading My Money Blog this year. It’s now been over 10 years… where has the time gone! I still look forward to learning and sharing something new every day. Here’s hoping that you are happy, healthy, and moving ever closer toward your goals. Remember…
Being Choosy Paid off for Mutual-Fund Investors in 2014 – ABC News
Investor’s Business DailyBeing Choosy Paid off for Mutual-Fund Investors in 2014ABC NewsGo big and stay home. Anyone who followed that strategy with their mutual funds in 2014 is likely sitting on another year of healthy returns. Funds that focus on stocks of the biggest companies were some of the year'…
Stocks to Watch: Bed Bath & Beyond, GoPro, Nike are stocks to watch
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are Bed Bath & Beyond, GoPro, and Nike.
ETF Investing: Ruble instability makes Russian stock ETFs unattractive
The great fear haunting investors is the prospect of a Russian default, writes Dave Fry. That remains a worry, and a default would ripple across the global economy.
Late Day Sellers Spoil Rally
An afternoon bout of selling dampened the day as gains were wiped out by the close. A quiet session as stocks rose slowly for much of the day. It wasn’t until the close to where we saw a big seller whack the market lower. Crude prices fell on the session …
Saudi Arabia Ready For $20, $30, $40 Oil
Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell 2 and 3.3 percent respectively to start the week and Saudi Arabia is prepared to go much lower in a bid to trim the fat. Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said as much in an interview with the Middle East Economic Survey on Monday. …
Piketty’s (unintended) advice for investors
In macroeconomics, this has indisputably been the year of Thomas Piketty. Rarely, if ever, has a single book so profoundly influenced the public discourse on a central topic, the inequality of wealth and income in the developed economies over many centuries. In an age of tweets and sound bites, the …
Oil price plunge raises producers’ fears
Roots of the price collapse lie in the US shale oil boom
GBP/JPY Ascending Triangle Trade
The pair has been consolidating over the past 6 weeks while forming a chart pattern that looks to break to the downside in a continuation with the long term trend. Following the sharp deprecation in the price of the pair during the month of May, the GBP/JPY has consolidated its…
2 Stocks With The Wind At Their Back
Morris Mark: We run two interrelated investment disciplines: a group of investment partnerships that we started about 29 years ago and an investment management, long-only separate account business. While the partnerships have more flexibility and can do some shorting, both of them have a core investment approach, which is to …
4 Qualities of the Right VC for Your Startup
The emergence of new players in startup financing means you can be pickier.
In search of lost time: Why is everyone so busy?
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Past and future tense Fly Title: In search of lost time Rubric: Time poverty is a problem partly of perception and partly of distribution Main image: 20141220_TAP001_0.jpg THE predictions sounded like promises: in the future, working hours would be short and vacations …