The fine art market is a $10 billion-a-year industry in the U.S. alone. Over the past 50 years, art has returned a compound annualized rate of 10.47 percent, according to the Mei/Moses Annual All Art Index, the leading art market index. Meanwhile, during the same period, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index for stocks performed only slightly higher—10.95 percent. ... [full story]
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Stocks And Bonds – The Winner Is Balance Investing is all about making your money work for you. The goal is to put your money in a vehicle with a positive rate of return, which is usually, but not always, expressed as a rate of interest. There are a number of different investment vehicles, suited to different goals. We're ... [full story]
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It is the question on every investor's lips: is now the time to start buying cut-price equities, which have taken such a hammering – or is it better to seek refuge from turbulent global stock markets by moving into bonds and cash? The devastating credit crunch, soaring inflation (driven by strong commodity prices), falling UK house prices and nervous ... [full story]
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The increasing importance of the economies of China, India, Russia and Brazil (BRIC), and widespread economic concerns in Europe and the US, suggest the beginning of a new phase in global economic development. In fact, global corporate investment flows are switching from the US, Japan, Singapore and some European countries to China, India, Russia and Brazil. So far as ... [full story]
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-ZBB Energy Corporation (Amex: ZBB) announced today that an in-depth industry and company report has been released from SMH Capital Inc. in conjunction with its relationship as a Market & Liquidity Services client. SMH Capital Inc.'s Market & Liquidity Services group offers clients a service of issuer-paid research, trading support and analysis and strategic shareholder communication. The program is ... [full story]
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Speaking to Business Line, B. Sambamurthy, Chairman and Managing Director, said, “We are examining a couple of activities in the capital market area, like investment banking.” He ruled out retail broking for now, as the subsidiary does not have the required network. CorpBank Securities is engaged in the distribution of mutual fund products. It posted net profit of ... [full story]
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Daniel J. Doyle, President and Chief Executive Officer of Central Valley Community Bancorp (Company) (NASDAQ: CVCY), the parent company of Central Valley Community Bank (Bank), is pleased to announce that the Bank has achieved a Super Premier Performance ranking by The Findley Reports based upon 2007 year-end financials, which is the highest of their three performance rankings. The other tiers ... [full story]
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Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, April 10, 2008: << - CIBT Education Group Inc.. (TSXVN:CPT) will trade under the new ticker symbol "MBA." There is no change in the company's name, CUSIP number, or capitalization.>> Company additions to and ... [full story]
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EASTERN Cape financial and business services company IQuad Group grew its turnover 31% to R62.3 million during its maiden year as an AltX-listed company, the firm announced last week. The past financial year has also seen the Port Elizabeth-based company expanding its footprint to East London after it bought 50% of financial service consultancy IDEC. Another acquisition saw ... [full story]
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Financial services provider, Charles Schwab has announced enhancements to its managed account platform to assist independent investment advisors who choose to outsource functions such as money manager research and portfolio construction. As part of this effort, Schwab Institutional has formed new and expanded relationships with three firms that provide investment products and back-office services to advisors. In addition, Schwab ... [full story]
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Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (1398.HK) has applied to Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission to set up an investment bank in the city, the South China Morning Post reported Monday, citing unnamed sources. The report said the planned investment banking unit will focus on deals worth between HK$1 billion and HK$2 billion, and hopes to bring in ... [full story]
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to regale investors from Asia-Pacific including Australia and Japan about the Philippines as a valued investors destination when she flies to Hong Kong on Sunday to address the 11th Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference (AIC) which will run from March 31 to April 3. The AIC recently unveiled its strong lineup of speakers to ... [full story]
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Leading commercial real estate lending and investment company Peachtree Financial Partners specializes in commercial real estate ownership and investments. Peachtree Financial Investment is currently the Featured Company on StockFiling.com Peachtree Financial offers non-conventional financing designed to provide solutions to borrowers who require a creative, flexible and aggressive approach to funding. Each loan is customized to meet the needs of ... [full story]
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Banks are expected to raise their non-banking portfolios and pursue more aggressive overseas expansion this year in a desperate bid to find a breakthrough in worsening bottom lines here, analysts say. They said banks will speed up efforts to find new growth engines in the areas of securities and insurance. Their views reflect expectations in the market that ... [full story]
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nternational Stock Targets is a world renowned independent research firm, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Along with walking investors through the whole life-cycle of many different equities, we have also partnered with the top independent research firms worldwide to provide our members with the best knowledge to make money. Click the link below to see a sample of a recent ... [full story]
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut its rating on MoneyGram International Inc. on Friday, saying the money-transfer company's investment deal will pile on too much debt. The Minneapolis-based company this week said it had to change a deal it has with an investment team that includes Thomas H. Lee Partners and Goldman Sachs. Because MoneyGram broke the terms of ... [full story]
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The Budget 2008-09 seems to have been designed based on a one-size-fits-all formula, focusing on small and marginal farmers, consumers, social development, education and health, infrastructure, and a large number of tax-payers. The budgetary proposals have reduced overall tax burden by Rs 1,39,593 crore over the Budget estimate of Rs 54,83,122 crore for 2007-08. The major reductions have been ... [full story]
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The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive is meant to improve how investment banks do business across the continent, but many are doing just the minimum Many firms in the financial trading sector are still adopting a 'wait and see' approach to MiFID by going for the cheapest, most basic level of compliance required by regulators. Some of the big ... [full story]
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Stream Communications Network & Media Inc. ("Stream") (OTC Pink Sheets: SCNWF & FSE: TPJ), the broadband cable company offering cable TV, high-speed Internet and VoIP services in Poland, today announced that Penta Investments subsidiary (Cyfoca Holdings) has lent Stream Communications Sp z o.o. ("Stream Poland") PLN 6,500,000 to be applied to the repayment Stream Poland's PKO bonds, as detailed in ... [full story]
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The moving service firm Big Move Co expects relocation business to pick up next year after slowing down this year due to the sluggish economy and the property market slowdown, said chairman Supachai Chakajkriangkrai. "Obviously, a number of homebuyers who did not transfer ownership of the units they bought was higher this year, while some of them did not ... [full story]
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The Board of Directors of Seligman LaSalle International Real Estate Fund today declared a fourth quarter distribution of $0.4375 per share, equal to 1.75% of the Fund's $25.00 initial offering price. Distributions will be paid on December 21, 2007 to Stockholders of record on December 14, 2007. The ex-dividend date is December 12, 2007. Unless they have elected otherwise, Stockholders ... [full story]
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a series of investments in Sub-Saharan Africa that are designed to accelerate development of new markets, enablement of crucial ICT skills and creation of new jobs. The company, which has operated in Africa for nearly six decades, expects to increase its investment by more than $US120 million (more than R820 million) over the next ... [full story]
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Vroon Offshore Services has announced an order for an additional four field support vessels – with an option for a further two – as the next phase of its fleet investment programme. The order for the IMT 955L field support vessels has been placed with the Astilleros Zamakona SL shipyard in Spain. This latest order brings the total ... [full story]
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CUSO Financial Services, LP (CFS), a full-service broker dealer and Registered Investment Adviser that provides customized investment and insurance solutions exclusively to the credit union industry, has developed a new online consortium program for small credit unions. As part of its continuing effort to provide flexible investment program offerings to smaller and mid-sized credit unions, CFS developed the online model ... [full story]
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The past few years have been a dramatic period for Saudi Arabia’s financial services sector, which not so long ago boasted just 10 local banks and was closed to foreign ownership. It has endured a rollercoaster ride on the stock market as the Tadawul All-Share Index reached record highs before plunging spectacularly last year. But it has also reaped ... [full story]
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At its capital markets day on Tuesday, Nokia Corp. stressed the significance of its push into mobile services and indicated it intends to make further acquisitions in the field. Chief Executive Olli Pekka Kallasvuo said Nokia (NOK) , already the world's largest maker of mobile phones by a large margin, intends to become the No. 1 brand for search, ... [full story]
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Move over IT and telecom. The year 2007 belongs to banking, financial services and insurance, at least as far as private-equity deal flow is concerned. Twenty-nine deals, valued at over $3 billion, have been consummated in this sector, more commonly referred to as BFSI, in the first nine months of 2007. This is according to the data provided by ... [full story]
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Foreign institutional investors have poured into the Indian cash market a staggering $6.7 billion (about Rs26,330 crore) between 18 September, when the US central bank cut its policy rate by 50 basis points, and 10 October. Stocks, of course, have soared skywards, riding on this tsunami of liquidity. But, as can be seen from what is happening to the ... [full story]
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One of the most common objections to investing in LTCi is that some folks feel that they will probably never use the policy since they are in pretty good health now, and they don't want to waste money on something that will never actually be put to use. So a good question to ask is: What evidence is there ... [full story]
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So you want some investment stock market help to reach your financial goals? The stock market is one of the most intriguing financial investment vehicles in the world today, because of the incredible return on investment it can offer. Many people look at icons such as Warren Buffet or Peter Lynch, and think they can automatically do the same thing. ... [full story]
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When you are looking for a good investment you should consider investment property abroad. There are companies like ipcltd that offer you help in finding investment property abroad. They offer services in Spain, Bulgaria, and even Cape Verde. They even have property in Turkey. Ipcltd offers unbiased services for finding investment property abroad. They will work towards finding the property ... [full story]
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The North West can be divided into 5 areas: Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside and Manchester. No matter what industry, or requirements, the ideal business location is in the North West. Cheshire has a thriving automotive industry, which includes luxury car manufacturing in Crewe, and the largest car plant in the North West in Ellesmere Port. One of the world’s ... [full story]
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