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The Right Way to Buy Facebook

Rubby — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:58 +0000

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, as Facebook’s initial public offering is slated for May 18. Between now and then, management will go on its “roadshow” to explain its strategy to potential investors, and excitement over the deal is likely to grow.Facebook brought in revenues of just over $1 billion last quarter, up 45% from the same quarter a year ago. If that growth rate holds for the rest of the year, Facebook will bring in $5.4 billion in revenues this year. The IPO details suggest a valuation of $85 billion to $95 billion, and shares could easily open much higher than the offering price. So Facebook may sell for 10 times revenues or more by the time ordinary investors buy in, more than five times as expensive as the average stock.

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Emerging Markets: Redrawing the Map

By RESHMA KAPADIA When Taizo Ishida first set eyes on Bangladesh, he thought the images would stay with him forever. Posted there in the 1980s as a United Nations development officer, travel cancellation insurance Ishida saw little but abject poverty wherever he turned. Lacking a reliable power grid or even the most basic of public services, the South Asian country was a tragic archetype… Read More

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Trading Yuan? Expect More Bumps Ahead

Rubby — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:56 +0000

In a shift with profound implications for the rest of the world but especially commodity-producing nations, China’s multitudinous and diligently frugal savers are increasingly looking for better returns on their hard-earned cash than is currently offered by the closely managed banks. The ability to tightly control the interest-rate spread that Chinese banks operate under.

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Should You Buy Shares in Funds — or Fund Companies?

Rubby — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:53 +0000

The reason this: Assets under management are rising at some, but not all firms. Money is flowing into some of these firms, but not all. Margins are being squeezed almost everywhere. And many investment firms — where investors were hoping for better quarterly results — are taking it on the chin.Another firm to consider is Invesco (IVZ: , , ), which just raised its dividend 41% and reported inflow of $8 billion for the quarter, $2 billion more than Morningstar’s forecast. Zacks upgraded in April its recommendation on Invesco to outperform, citing its sustained earnings and healthy assets under management.

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May Is No Longer a Bad Month for Stocks

Rubby — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:51 +0000

Consider first the period since 1896, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average was created, up through the 1980s. Over that 94-year period, May on average was eclipsed only by September as the worst month of the calendar for the stock market.Over the next two decades, in contrast, May became one of the best months of the year. When ranked by average returns over those 20 years, it’s in 3rd place.

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Stocks Have Outgrown the Economy

Rubby — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:51 +0000

The S&P stock index of the us has grown by 11.8 percent the push like this will hit all time-high.The investors are wondering if the prices have gone high by the measure. The wall street’s prediction for 2012 predicts at 13.3 times as per the averages index.The purpose of comparing the stocks with the economy is to remove the volatile earnings.Company earnings tend to swell during periods of growth, when share prices are likely to rise.Fast economic growth in markets like china,India and Brazil has caused the U.S Companies to grow their over seas revenues faster than domestic market

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Now’s Not the Time to Sell Apple Stock

Rubby — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:48 +0000

It has become a popular sport among investors these days to bash Apple Inc. stock and forecast what some denizens of the message boards are calling “the inevitable fall.” Selling Apple right now whether it is unloading shares or betting against the company through short sales or options would be the Stupid Investment of the Week. Apple’s sales are heavily concentrated in the U.S. and its high-end products are economically sensitive.

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The Return of Muni-Bond Insurance

Rubby — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:46 +0000

After a surprisingly solid year, the $3.7 trillion muni-bond business is getting another boost: the return of insurance. For investors, this means more municipal bonds will again come with an added layer of protection. The downside is that yields on those offerings will likely drop.

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With ETFs, Timing Is Everything

Rubby — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:44 +0000

During the afternoon happy hour, bars cut the price of drinks and bakeries drop the price of bread. But increasingly, the opposite is true in the investing world: It can cost a lot more to trade an exchange-traded fund after lunchtime.An ETF, of course, is a basket of stocks, bonds, commodities or a variety of other securities that trades like a stock.

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3 Questions for Mutual Fund Investors Looking to Pay Less

Rubby — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:43 +0000

Two new studies show that mutual fund investors paid less, on average, for their funds last year, continuing a long, slow trend.That news, released in separate studies from the Investment Company Institute and investment researcher Morningstar Inc., should raise three questions for fund investors:
What do my funds charge and are they part of the low-cost trend?”
Am I paying too much?
Could I pay less without damaging my portfolio, asset allocation or emotional security about my strategy and plans?

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2 Ways to Invest in Transportation

Rubby — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:43 +0000

alk about all aboard. The six largest publicly traded North American railroads have been chugging along, delivering a 8.5 percent gain as a group over the past year, compared with the broader Dow Jones transportation index, which is down more than 3 percent.Experts also emphasize that large companies — which include Union Pacific (UNP: 112.44, -1.45, -1.27%), Canadian National Railway (CNI: 85.28, -0.75, -0.87%), Norfolk Southern (NSC: 72.93, -0.44, -0.60%) and CSX (CSX: 22.29, -0.10, -0.45%) — typically pay out dividends and buy back stock.

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