- What You Were Selling Last Week: Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Fool.co.uk - Thu, Jun 13, 2013 12:52 BST
One of Warren Buffett's famous investing sayings is "be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful" - or, in other words, sell when others are buying and buy when ...
- What You Were Buying Last Week: Barclays PLC Fool.co.uk - Thu, Jun 13, 2013 08:34 BST
One of Warren Buffett's famous investing sayings is " be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful " - or, in other words, sell when others are buying and buy when ...
- US open: Stocks see a small bounce at the start Sharecast - Wed, Jun 12, 2013 16:14 BST
US Treasury yields still in focus; Liberty Global launches 3.5bn dollar share repurchase program; Apollo Tyres launches bid for Cooper,Tire&Rubber
- Asia's ticking time bonds; time to cut and run? Reuters - Wed, Jun 12, 2013 07:57 BST
By Saikat Chatterjee and Umesh Desai HONG KONG (Reuters) - Efforts to make the global financial system safer could be making Asia more - not less - vulnerable to any credit market shocks, leaving bond ...
- BofA could still put Countrywide into bankruptcy, executive says Reuters - Mon, Jun 10, 2013 23:46 BST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp could put its Countrywide Financial unit into bankruptcy if it fails to win court approval for an $8.5 billion (5.4 billion pounds) settlement with mortgage investors, ...
- Equity mutual funds redemptions hit eight-month high Reuters - Mon, Jun 10, 2013 11:40 BST
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Redemptions from equity mutual funds rose to an eight-month high in May with domestic investors pulling over $500 million from stocks as poor returns and a volatile market kept cautious ...
- Analysis - History may repeat itself for Mexico, Peru as Fed eyes exit Reuters - Sun, Jun 9, 2013 21:19 BST
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and Peru's popularity among foreign investors means they are among the emerging market economies most exposed to losses when the United States finally moves to take its foot ...
- Cinven, Finmeccanica draw at least five offers for Avio Spazio - report Reuters - Sun, Jun 9, 2013 12:31 BST
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian defence group Finmeccanica and private equity fund Cinven will get at least five offers for satellite propulsion system unit Avio Spazio, business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on ...
- Cinven, Finmeccanica draw at least 5 offers for Avio Spazio - report Reuters - UK Focus - Sun, Jun 9, 2013 12:10 BST
Italian defence group Finmeccanica and private equity fund Cinven will get at least five offers for satellite propulsion system unit Avio Spazio, business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on Sunday. French groups ...
- US high-grade market closes out painful week for issuers Reuters - UK Focus - Fri, Jun 7, 2013 20:36 BST
By Danielle Robinson NEW YORK, June 7 - A reasonable May payrolls number failed to wipe out the pain suffered by borrowers and their underwriters this week, which saw the first pulled deal since January, ...
- Business news and markets: as it happened, June 7, 2013 Telegraph - Fri, Jun 7, 2013 08:35 BST
While the US added 175,000 jobs last month, the unemployment rate edged higher to 7.6pc, leaving stock and currency markets unsure of how to interpret the data.
- Questor share tip: Hold Templeton Emerging Markets through the BRIC storm Telegraph - Fri, Jun 7, 2013 07:00 BST
Templeton Emerging Markets hit by growth fears. Questor says hold
- Witness lifts veil on BofA settlement negotiations Reuters - Thu, Jun 6, 2013 23:48 BST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mortgage bond investors got "the best deal that was available" when they agreed to an $8.5 billion (5.4 billion pounds) settlement with Bank of America Corp in 2012, an executive ...
- US open: Stocks come off lows Sharecast - Thu, Jun 6, 2013 20:34 BST
Fed (Plosser): Markets overreacting to possible tapering of QE; PIMCO (Gross): Bernanke needs to avoid premature tightening
- U.S. SEC moves to tighten regulations on money market funds Reuters - Wed, Jun 5, 2013 23:40 BST
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A portion of the $2.6 trillion money market fund industry would be required to fundamentally change how it prices its shares under proposals issued by U.S. regulators ...
- U.S. Treasury to sell more GM shares as it winds down stake Reuters - Wed, Jun 5, 2013 18:38 BST
By Margaret Chadbourn and Ben Klayman WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced plans to sell 30 million shares of General Motors Co (GM.N) common stock as part ...
- Results Round-up Sharecast - Wed, Jun 5, 2013 17:02 BST
FTSE 250-listed Monks Investment Trust has reported that the net asset value per share closed at an all-time year-end high in its preliminary results for the year to April 30th 2013.
- Monks' net asset value per share reaches all-time high Sharecast - Wed, Jun 5, 2013 10:18 BST
FTSE 250-listed Monks Investment Trust has reported that the net asset value per share closed at an all-time year-end high in its preliminary results for the year to April 30th 2013.
- Goldman Sachs fund invests $135 million in ReNew Power Reuters - Wed, Jun 5, 2013 09:58 BST
MUMBAI (Reuters) - A private equity fund run by Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has invested $135 million in unlisted wind energy firm ReNew Power Pvt Ltd, a company official said, making it one of the largest renewable ...
- AIG argues against $8.5 billion settlement with BofA Reuters - Wed, Jun 5, 2013 02:51 BST
By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc (AIG.N) argued on Tuesday that a proposed $8.5 billion settlement between Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and investors in Countrywide ...
- US open: Reduce your risk, El-Erian tells investors Sharecast - Tue, Jun 4, 2013 17:29 BST
PIMCO's El-Erian says growth not strong enough yet; PIMCO's Gross warns of QE's side-effects; Roubini thinks tapering will come later than September
- US pre-open: Stocks to edge higher at the start Sharecast - Tue, Jun 4, 2013 15:22 BST
The main US equity market averages are now being called to start the day with slight gains, of 0.1% on average.
- EU mergers and takeovers (June 3) Reuters - UK Focus - Mon, Jun 3, 2013 16:02 BST
The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- Brazilian investment fund 3G Capital, and Berkshire Hathaway to ...
- Fidelity Contrafund cut Apple stake by 9 pct in April Reuters - Mon, Jun 3, 2013 15:38 BST
BOSTON (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments' Contrafund, the largest active shareholder in Apple Inc, cut its stake in the iPad and iPhone maker by a further 9 percent in April after expressing concern about ...
- Pensioners at risk in Co-op crisis Telegraph - Sat, Jun 1, 2013 23:02 BST
Thousands of pensioners and high-net-worth investors are at risk of losing a vital income stream under a rescue being prepared for the stricken Co-operative Bank.
- PIMCO braces for euro zone debt writedowns as revival disappoints Reuters - Fri, May 31, 2013 15:13 BST
By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - PIMCO, the world's largest bonds house, is weighing up a fresh sell-off in "expensive" euro zone debt, fearing policymakers could ask investors to forgive ...
- Europe midday: Italian unemployment hits 36 year high Sharecast - Fri, May 31, 2013 01:31 BST
Visco says ECB ready to intervene again in rates; Italian unemployment hits 36 year high; Market chatter of weak Chinese data this weekend; Negative comments from PIMCO on Italian and Spanish sovereign ...
- India hopes inflation-linked bonds can curb gold buys Reuters - Thu, May 30, 2013 11:23 BST
By Subhadip Sircar and Archana Narayanan MUMBAI (Reuters) - India will sell inflation-linked bonds next week - something it tried unsuccessfully more than a decade ago - in the hope that eventually they ...
- Should I Invest In Aviva Plc? Fool.co.uk - Thu, May 30, 2013 11:18 BST
To me, capital growth and dividend income are equally important. Together, they provide the total return from any share investment and, as you might expect, my aim is to invest in companies that can beat ...
- Caledonia Investments full year NAV jumps Sharecast - Thu, May 30, 2013 10:23 BST
Caledonia Investments increased net asset value, after strong gains across its investment portfolio, but noted that markets will be left vulnerable as quantitative easing measures are wound down.
- Power Finance Corp eyeing stake buy in state-run bank Reuters - Thu, May 30, 2013 09:37 BST
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Power Finance Corp Ltd(PWFC.NS) is looking to buy a stake in a state-run bank and also plans to set up a private equity fund jointly with Tata Capital, its chairman said on Thursday. ...
- Betapond Secures €2 Million in New Funding Round Led by the Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund Business Wire - Wed, May 29, 2013 23:30 BST
LONDON--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Leading European Facebook developer to drive ecommerce with social data Betapond, a leading social technology firm and Europe’s most established provider of Facebook technology ...
- Analysis: Trickle, not flood, seen when overseas stocks open to Chinese Reuters - Wed, May 29, 2013 23:12 BST
By Pete Sweeney and Samuel Shen SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Signals Beijing is preparing to unleash the buying power of Chinese individual investors on overseas markets may have some stock brokers salivating ...
- No saviour in sight as world credit cycle rolls over Telegraph - Wed, May 29, 2013 21:14 BST
This may be as good as it gets for the world economy. The HSBC index for the global business cycle hit a three-year high around Easter, and has since rolled over.
- Roku says raises $60 million in latest funding round Reuters - Wed, May 29, 2013 19:30 BST
(Reuters) - U.S. television start-up Roku said on Wednesday it has raised $60 million in new funding from some of the largest media companies including Hearst Corporation, News Corp and British Sky Broadcasting ...