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The Skorina Report: Who Are The Best Institutional Investors? It’s Not That Simple
Article By:
AllAboutAlpha
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016 12:22 PM EDT
Even with a great investing talent, the challenge of building superior investment teams that can endure and outperform over a decade or more is daunting and seldom achieved.
Margin Of Safety
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Kendall J. Anderson
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:21 AM EDT
Finding and purchasing securities whose price departs appreciably from the underlying value of the security provides a margin of safety.
Analyzing A Junior Mining Company
Article By:
Kal Kotecha
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Monday, February 22, 2016 10:17 AM EDT
Imagine buying the house next door for half price, would you? Junior mining stocks have been on a fire sale for some time now but why are we nervous about pulling the trigger and buying?
7 Investing Lessons From Behavioral Psychology
Article By:
Tim Richards
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Monday, February 22, 2016 6:01 AM EDT
Investing should be mainly about hard work, slogging through accounts and trying to figure out where or why a company has a defendable competitive advantage.
Steen Jakobsen: The End Of The Debt Cycle
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Adam Taggart
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Sunday, February 21, 2016 7:11 PM EDT
As we've been watching closely, something is wrong with the big banks. Their shares have lost 25-33% of their market value since the beginning of the year. What's going on?
The Value Of Dividends
Article By:
Tom Beevers
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Friday, February 19, 2016 3:42 PM EDT
When a company pays a dividend, they are paying you, the owner, with cash that you already own. In theory this transaction shouldn’t create any value.
Your Three Most Pressing Energy Questions – Answered
Article By:
Kent Moors
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Friday, February 19, 2016 1:05 PM EDT
As with just about anything else, increasing trade and guarantee of delivery will lower the export price and improve the predictability of local market transactions.
In this article: LNG
Ira Epstein Currencies Video 2 February 19, 2016
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Ira Epstein
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Friday, February 19, 2016 10:59 AM EDT
Ira Epstein leads us through the day's currency highlights and gives a crash course on Bollinger Bands.. Video length 00:08:08.
Are German Bonds Now The Risk-Free Rate?
Article By:
Michael Haltman
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Friday, February 19, 2016 10:24 AM EDT
Is U.S. Treasury Debt Still The 'Big Macher'? If that's the case then why is the 10-year yield of U.S. treasury bond 1.75% while the yield of Spain's 10-year government bond is 1.69%?
Modeling “What If?” Scenarios With Impulse Response Simulations
Article By:
James Picerno
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Friday, February 19, 2016 10:08 AM EDT
Analyzing history as a guide to the future is riddled with caveats, but if you’re mindful of the limitations there’s a mother lode of perspective waiting to be mined in the cause of modeling relationships in macro and markets.
In this article: SPX
5 Famous Investors And Their Style
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EasyMarkets
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Friday, February 19, 2016 7:37 AM EDT
Wealth and power are two of the most common traits we associate with famous investors. In the investing world, dressing for success can take on a whole new meaning.
Too Much Information
Article By:
Charles Mizrahi
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Friday, February 19, 2016 5:40 AM EDT
With so much information available about a company and its stock price, how much information do you really need in order to make a decision? Is too much information a wonderful thing when it comes to selecting stocks to buy?
In this article: JNJ
10 Things Everyone Should Do For Financial Success
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Jennifer Coombs
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Thursday, February 18, 2016 7:36 AM EDT
Here are 10 simple things that you can put into effect for your personal finances in 2016 to make things less complicated and make planning your finances so much easier.
Gamma Trading: Why Big Market Swings Can Be Good News
Article By:
AllAboutAlpha
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Thursday, February 18, 2016 7:18 AM EDT
A portfolio may incur a loss (without limit) as a result of a short sale if the market value of the borrowed security increases between the date of the short sale and the date the portfolio replaces the security.
Antonin Scalia: Three Decisions On Distressed Assets
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AllAboutAlpha
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Thursday, February 18, 2016 4:20 AM EDT
From the point of view of fund managers who seek alpha in bankruptcy courts, the late Justice Antonin Scalia was an ally. His decisions in bankruptcy and insolvency matters tended to offer such litigants: clear and predictable rules of law.
Anti-Ruination Triggers
Article By:
Ron Rowland
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016 2:29 PM EDT
After the implosion of a couple of leveraged MLP exchange-traded notes last month, I noticed that many investors are not aware of the anti-ruination triggers that are embedded in many leveraged products.