Archive for December 25th, 2007

Japan’s Bonds Fall for Third Day as Rally in Stocks Cuts Demand
Bloomberg - Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) — Japanese bonds declined for a third day as a rally in global stocks reduced demand for the relative security of government debt. Yields on benchmark 10-year securities rose to a two-week high after Merrill Lynch & Co. stated it

A CHAT WITH SANTA ABOUT HIS RALLY
New York Post - So far, the stock market rally that comes at the end of nearly each year is negligible, as I suspected it would be. After all, traders can’t be too courageous at marking up the price of the stocks they own in the face of the massive uncertainty we

Thursday, December 20
News.com.au - Wall St lower on central bank moves US stocks ended mostly lower this day as investors mulled central bank moves to stimulate credit markets and a big loss from Morgan Stanley that reminded investors of troubles in the housing market.

Thai Hot Stocks - energy shares up, Thoresen Thai down
Reuters UK - BANGKOK, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Thailand’s benchmark stock index .SETI was up 4.26 points, or 0.52 percent, at 817.86 points at 0322 GMT in light trade on Tuesday, with massive cap energy shares .SETEN leading the rise. The main index rose as much as 1.18

Japan stocks gain led by exporters, DoCoMo jumps
Reuters India - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose across the board on Tuesday, with exporters such as Sony Corp particularly in favour on a soft yen, while bank shares gained on news from Merrill Lynch that helped spark a rally in U.S. peers. One notable stock

AP Business NewsBrief at 1:49 p.m. EST
CNBC - Stocks Extend Gains After Merrill Deal news://newsclip.ap.org/D8TO431O0@news.ap.org NEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street advanced sharply Monday, boosted by news that Merrill Lynch & Co. will receive an investment of up to $6.2 billion from two investment groups

Cold Stocks You’re Selling Now
The Money Times - Welcome back to another Foolish review of the coldest stocks as ranked by Motley Fool CAPS. We’re looking at the three worst-performing industries over the past 30 days and your favorite short and long candidates in each. Last time, caching vendors

Saturday, December 22
News.com.au - Stocks jump most in three weeks US stocks jumped the most in three weeks overnight as strong results from the company behind the BlackBerry boosted technology shares, while financials rose on a report that another US brokerage might get a large foreign

China Pacific Insurance Soars 61% in Shanghai Debut (Update2)
Bloomberg - The Shanghai-traded stocks of China Life and Ping An have jumped more than 50 percent since trading began as investors flocked to what had been the only two insurers publicly traded in mainland China. The CSI 300 Index more than doubled this year

Sensex up 487pts; tech stocks lead
Stockhouse Canada - Wipro has zoomed 5.7% to Rs 520, and Infosys has soared 4.6% to Rs 1,777. TCS has surged 4% to Rs 1,087, and Satyam has gained 3.3% at Rs 442. Tata Steel and HDFC have rallied around 4.5% each to Rs 863 and Rs 2,845, respectively. ICICI Bank has

Japanese markets strong after holiday
CNN Money - TOKYO (AP) — Japanese stocks jumped Tuesday in thin post-holiday trade on bargain hunting in stocks seen as sensitive to domestic demand such as banks and real estate. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index rose 295.59 points, or 1.94 percent, to

Ideal and worst stocks of 2007
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These Eight Funds Beat Up Their Benchmarks
Street.Com - The S&P 500 is a U.S-centric large-cap company index, so when small stocks, foreign stocks or sectors such as energy or financials perform particularly well, there are a lot of those types of funds that beat the S&P 500. When funds are compared with

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