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Stocks Fall Again; Blame Facebook
May 18, 2012 By Avi Salzman
For most of the past 13 trading days — 12 of which have ended in the red for the Dow … [Read More...]
Stocks to Watch: Stocks to watch Monday: Facebook, Lowe’s
May 18, 2012 By MarketWatch.com - Stocks to Watch
Facebook Inc., Lowe’s Cos. and Tech Data Corp. are among the stocks that could see … [Read More...]
Chesapeake Rises; T. Boone Gets Out of Stock
May 18, 2012 By Avi Salzman
T. Boone Pickens’ hedge fund BP Capital Management sold all 499,055 Chesapeake … [Read More...]
Market Swings Lower After Facebook IPO
May 18, 2012 By Avi Salzman
Investors were probably looking forward to a brief distraction from the otherwise dismal … [Read More...]
Nasdaq Stock Stung after Facebook Delay
May 18, 2012 By Avi Salzman
Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ) shares were rising before the company got set to list Facebook … [Read More...]
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Financial News
Spain: Double Barrel Disappointment
May 18, 2012 By Marc Chandler
The fact that Spanish bank shares have rallied today (3.1% at pixel time) and have easily outperformed the market (IBEX up 0.3%) following Moody's downgrade of 16 Spanish banks should be understood as … [Read More...]
[Premium] Spain’s nationalisation plan won’t work as the banking system is insolvent
May 17, 2012 By Edward Harrison
The Spanish banking system is insolvent and the Spanish government simply does not have the wherewithal to clean it up. This is the problem in Spain that has come to a head, particularly now after the … [Read More...]
Forex News
USD Index Carving Top In May, AUD Eyes November Lows
May 18, 2012 By David Song
The greenback continued to gain ground ahead of the G8 Summit, with the Dow Jones-FXCM U.S. Dollar Index climbing to a fresh yearly high of 10,154, and the reserve currency should appreciate further … [Read More...]
Guest Commentary: Gold & Silver Daily Outlook 05.18.2012
May 18, 2012 By Lior Cohen, Energy Analyst for Trading NRG
Gold and silver took a sharp turn and sharply rose yesterday. Gold recorded the sharpest single day gain this year (UTD). … [Read More...]
Daily Forex Signals
FOREX Technical Analysis 18. May 2012
May 18, 2012 By Forex Signal - Technical Analysis
FX Forex Market Technical Analysis: Forex Trading Technical Analysis for the 18. May 2012 Technical Analysis for the following Currencies: EUR/USD, USD /CAD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, GBP/USD, EUR/JPY, … [Read More...]
Worldwide Stock Market Mixed as Europe’s Down amid of Greece Jitters
May 17, 2012 By Meta4forexbroker.com
On Thursday, the Asian stocks were gains as traders hunted for bargains after sharp trading in recent days, but markets in the Europe was down amid of intensifying jitters of a messy exit by the … [Read More...]
Forex Research & Tech. Analysis
USD Outlook Remains Bullish as Retail Crowd Fades Momentum
May 17, 2012 By David Song
The Dow Jones-FXCM US Dollar Index (ticker: USDOLLAR) rallied to a fresh yearly high of 10,141 and our proprietary Speculative Sentiment Index certainly reinforces a bullish outlook for the greenback … [Read More...]
European Leadership Needs to Step Up and Respond Immediately
May 17, 2012 By Joel Kruger
While a Greek exit alone from the Euro would be a manageable setback, the impact from such an exit would be catastrophic.... … [Read More...]
Stocks Markets
Hewlett-Packard Second Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek
May 18, 2012 By Derek Hoffman
S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) component Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Hewlett-Packard provides products, technologies, software and services to … [Read More...]
Facebook Plows Zynga Shares
May 18, 2012 By Emily Knapp
Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) shares were halted this morning due to a Nasdaq circuit breaker after falling more than 13 percent shortly following Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB) public debut. Shares of Zynga … [Read More...]
Equities
Facebook IPO Prepares for Lift Off
May 17, 2012 By Barbara Zigah
(eToro Blog) Barring any unforeseen emergencies, Facebook will launch its long-awaited, super-hyped Initial Public Offering when Wall Street opens tomorrow. While the Eurozone’s impending implosion … [Read More...]
Could Advertising Risks Threaten Facebook’s Success?
May 16, 2012 By Barbara Zigah
(eToro Blog) The countdown for Facebook’s IPO launch on the NASDAQ continues (T-minus 2 days and 3 hours, give or take a few minutes) and spoilsports are already practicing their “I-told-you-so” … [Read More...]
Funds

Facebook: 70 mutual funds already have a stake – CNNMoney
May 18, 2012 By mutual funds - Google News
Live Trading NewsFacebook: 70 mutual funds already have a stakeCNNMoneyBy Hibah Yousuf @CNNMoneyInvest May 18, 2012: 12:04 PM ET Facebook may only be making its public debut Friday but nearly 70 … [Read More...]

India gets onto mutual fund investors’ radars – The Associated Press
May 18, 2012 By mutual funds - Google News
Kansas City StarIndia gets onto mutual fund investors' radarsThe Associated PressThat's one reason why there's no shortage of options for US investors looking to buy a stock mutual fund … [Read More...]
Commodities & Energy Markets
US natural gas prices to soar, says Shell
May 19, 2012 By Oil & Gas company and industry news from the Financial Times
The oil and gas group’s chief executive, Peter Voser, says it forecasts prices to double by 2015 on the back of growing US domestic demand … [Read More...]
Small-cap week: Chariot falls
May 19, 2012 By Oil & Gas company and industry news from the Financial Times
The explorer slumped after it warned that a frontier exploration well that had cost about $75m to drill would be plugged and abandoned … [Read More...]
Investment
Loved Ones in Decline
May 18, 2012 By Trent
A few years ago, my grandmother passed away pretty suddenly. She had been in somewhat ailing health for years, but she was still well enough to take care of herself at home, handle her own grocery shopping, and so on. The last time I saw her, I was struck by her frailness. My grandmother had worked at a maximum security prison for many years. She was a tough woman, the type of person who … [Read More...]

Avoid the “Feature Creep” (137/365)
May 17, 2012 By Trent
A few years ago, I started shopping around for a new digital camera. I started off doing the most sensible thing a person can do when they’re considering buying a reasonably expensive item like a digital camera. I made a list of what I actually wanted to do with it. I wanted reasonably high resolution pictures. I wanted a very short delay between pushing the button and actually taking … [Read More...]
Business News
Birchbox and Changing the Way We Shop (Video)
May 16, 2012 By Entrepreneur
When Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna realized the flaws in the way women buy cosmetics, they started a company to revamp the system. Here, the Birchbox founders chat about their vision for the future of buying beauty and grooming products. … [Read More...]
How JackThreads Plans to Own the Male Demographic (Video)
May 16, 2012 By Entrepreneur
Other than dispel the idea that men don't like shopping, flash-sale site founder Jason Ross is hoping to train his company's energy on making a one-stop-lifestyle-shop for men. … [Read More...]
Macro Economics
Solamere Capital offered to help fund the auto-industry managed bankruptcy … just like Bain Capital!
May 16, 2012 By Beverly Mann
Ah.? Well, now we know what Romney has in mind when he says that GM and Chrysler didn’t need federal bailout funds in late 2008 and early 2009 in order to undergo bankruptcy reorganization rather than be forced to liquidate, because there was private-equity funding available for that purpose.? Solamere Capital and its Rolodex of potential investors were available, but, stupidly, no one from … [Read More...]
The consequences of anti-austerity politics
May 16, 2012 By Gavyn Davies
A few weeks ago, I wrote that the twists and turns in the eurozone crisis had, in the early months of 2012, lost the power to shock global asset prices. The reason given was that the prophylactic provided by the use of the ECB’s balance sheet essentially trumped the deteriorating economic fundamentals in several countries, notably in Spain. This view has since been severely challenged, but … [Read More...]
Taxes & Money

Consumer Reports Ratings: Best Value in… Toilet Paper?
May 18, 2012 By Jonathan
I know, not exactly hard-hitting consumer news. But actually toilet paper is important to me, and ever since I got a “real” job I’ve been buying Charmin Ultra Soft toilet paper. I don’t even check the price, I just buy it in bulk and revel in the luxurious softness … [Read More...]

Free Meal Planning Service Membership – Food on the Table
May 18, 2012 By Jonathan
Food on the Table is a meal planning service that tries to link the foods on sale at your local grocery store with recipe ideas to help you plan your shopping and cooking. They have a free trial, but right now if you sign up with promo code MAYFREE you’ll get their “premium” … [Read More...]





