Anna Cova
Anna Cova
Have a passion for literature, journalism.. seeking to get rid of financial ignorance ;) love reading articles/alternative opinions on economy&finance
Anna Cova
Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google — collectively named F.A.N.G. — have had an impressive ascent since 2012, and a modest run this year, even when accounting for the August selloff, says Dana Lyons, partner at J. Lyons Fund Management...
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On the last full trading day of the holiday week, market players will have to monitor geopolitics along with some major indicators about the U.S. economy...
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Apple Inc. is planning to launch its new Apple Pay electronic-payment service in China by early February, says the Wall Street Journal referring to people familiar with the matter. But the U.S. tech giant risks being eaten by local sharks. Apple's stock was down 1.3% at $117...
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Profits from S&P 500 firms have fallen by about $25 billion in the first three quarters of 2015, and a further fall is expected before the year-end, says Bloomberg, as energy companies struggle with lower oil prices and a steep rally in the dollar hits exporters...
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The eurozone PMI report issued today has shown that the regional economy is gaining momentum. The report has signaled that Europe’s factories are lagging behind service sector firms, which is an indicator of the weakness in the global economy, which has left Europe more reliant on domestic demand...
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It is the second time Japan's economy is in recession since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012...
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A couple of remarks from Bank of Japan board-member Yutaka Harada shed light on why the central bank stood pat at its October 30 meeting...
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Apple's shares closed at $114.64 yesterday, basically where they started the year despite rising to $134 in April. Undoubtedly, the company is going through tough times...
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The situation is “no longer whether the gold bugs can live with gold at $825 an ounce — it’s whether they can live with $350,” a famous analyst says...
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"The Fed policy statement release may actually halt the USD bulls," said IG's market strategist Evan Lucas in a Monday note...
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China's 1.3 billion citizenry is about to embark on the biggest movement of people in the world to celebrate the Lunar New Year with family and friends. Factories, schools, government offices - everything reminding of work - will be closed...
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Oil can still descend as low as $30, analyst John Kilduff said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday...
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The International Monetary Fund defines deflation as a sustained fall in the general price level which occurs when the inflation rate falls below 0%. This will be applicable to you, unless you are the Bank of Thailand...
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Carl Icahn's comment on Ebay-PayPal split

1 октября 2014, 09:08
E-commerce site EBay has announced the plans to split off its payments system PayPal hub into a separate firm. News of the move has boosted EBay shares 7.5 per cent up. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has praised the decision -that was a move he has pushed for much of the year...
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With a fluctuating stock market and tough economy, no wonder people have decided to explore new unconventional investment opportunities, with wine being one of them. During the past decade, wine has become an increasingly popular investment commodity, with its own index...
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Will the stock you buy go up? Will the corporate bond you own keep making its payments? Will you outlive your retirement savings? Those are the questions we try not to ask ourselves, but they are still irritatingly coming up to our minds. Daily Finance suggests ways to overcome the uncertainty...
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Forming a partnership with a corporate giant can make a huge difference for a fairy small company. The classic example is Microsoft’s partnership with IBM in the 1980s. Once IBM started using Microsoft’s operating system in its early PCs, Microsoft was well on the way to global domination...
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Investment fund strategies can generally be divided into either active or passive management. While the latter describes funds that seek to track a particular index, the former refers to funds actively managed by financial professionals who typically try to outperform a given benchmark...
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Bitcoin shows staying power. Analysis

28 августа 2014, 11:40
Bitcoin is gaining popularity at U.S. online merchants including Overstock.com and Expedia, as customers use a digital currency which is now showing some stable power, - Reuters reports...
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Age matters a lot when it comes to investing. A couple with a newborn is undoubtedly going to have different requirements from a person nearing retirement. Still, equally important as age is the life stage you are in...
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