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August 25, 2011, 10:35 pm
iShares, the world’s-biggest ETF company, rolled out two additional target-date exchange-traded funds, bringing to nine the number of iShares fund-of-funds ETFs that are organized around a specific retirement date.
The two new funds, the iShares S&P Target Date 2045 Index Fund (NYSEArca: TZW) and the iShares S&P Target Date 2050 Index Fund (NYSEArca: TZY), both come with a net annual expense ratio—after acquired fees and expenses and after fee waivers—of 0.32 percent, the company said on its website.
Like the rest of the target-date funds in the iShares lineup, the new funds are built out of different ETFs sponsored by the San Francisco-based firm. Targe
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August 24, 2011, 6:35 pm
IN HIS Jackson Hole speech a year ago, Ben Bernanke wanted to leave no doubt that the Federal Reserve could and would act more aggressively to boost America’s flagging economy. This year he wanted to leave no doubt that the politicians could and should do more.
The most highly anticipated central banker’s speech in months gave no hint of bold new initiatives from the Fed. He repeated the mantra that the “Fed has a range of tools that could be used to provide additional monetary stimulus”, but there was no discussion of them and not a whiff of imminent QE3, a third round of bond buying. Mr Bernanke promised that the Fed’s policy-setting committee would have a “fuller discussion” of other tools it could use at its September meeting, which has been extended a day. But he chose
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July 28, 2011, 7:30 am
28-Jul-11 16:20 ET Dow -62.44 at 12240.11, Nasdaq +1.46 at 2766.25, S&P -4.22 at 1300.67
The major market averages saw a sharp reversal, squandering early gains and closing flat to lower as uneasiness over the debt ceiling debate in Washington continues to weigh on equities. The Nasdaq turned an earlier gain of 1.2% into a flat close while the Dow and S&P saw modest gains turn into losses.
Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR 102.57, +14.46) hit an all-time high of $107.27 and closed higher by 16.4% after blowing past earnings estimates. The company announced earnings of $0.49 per share which topped the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate by $0.14, and saw revenues rise 126.5% year over year to $717.2 million. Also benefitting shares was the company issuing upside guidance for the fourth quarter 2011 and full year 2012.
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July 28, 2011, 3:55 am
Shares of Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ: MSCC) are up 5.93% to $20.35 in after-hours trading today, moving up after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings. Earlier in regular trading the small cap stock closed 1.74% lower at $19.21, with volume at 517,608. The stock has a 52-week range of $13.83-$24.96. It is currently trading below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages.
Shares of Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) are up 7.62% to $31.20 in after-hours trading today, moving up after reported an increase in its second-quarter profit. Earlier in regular trading the stock closed 2.59% lower at $28.99, with volume up from daily average volume 4.32 million to 6.49 million. The stock has a 52-week range of $19.61-$31.01. It is currently trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages.
Shares of RadiSys Corporation (NASDAQ: RSYS) are up 6.15% to $7.60 in after-hours trading today, moving up after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results.
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July 27, 2011, 1:46 am
Daily we hear from the experts on CNBC-TV and the radio gurus that the way to buy stocks is find value. One mans Rembrandt is another mans connect-the-dots and fill in the spaces. Valuation is like beauty. It is in the mind of the beholder. If valuation is the key to buying stocks then there should be some kind of a formula to determine what is under-valued and over-valued. In every industry there are formulas for standards of performance. For cars we want to know the zero to 60 mph in how many seconds. For soap it has to be 99 and 44/100 percent pure. For alcoholic beverages it could be how long it has been aged. And on and on.
Yet in the stock market we have no hard and fast set of rules by which to judge a company performance. Ah, and theres the rub! No matter how good a company performance might be it may have no bearing on the price performance of the stock. Full post…
July 27, 2011, 12:19 am
General Dynamics (GD) broke below its June low with a sharp decline the last two days. Also notice that the Price Relative (GD:SPY Ratio) broke support. GD is showing both absolute and relative weakness.