http://www.inveslogic.com/latest Daily Market Commentary Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1386145?rsstype=latest&cid=47 European equities markets were lower Thursday, with banks and miners both lower in London.The FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250 each dropped 0.04 percent in London, to 5,642.62 and 10,004.18 respectively.The five biggest decliners on the 100 were all either ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1386145?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:57:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386115?rsstype=latest&cid=47 By Boyd ErmanPrivate equity funds returned a grim -9.2% in the year to Sept. 30, reports industry tracker Preqin, trailing a wider rebound in stock markets.... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386115?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:32:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386117?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Despite reports on CNBC Wednesday that GPS maker Garmin (GRMN) had doubled its annual dividend from $0.75 to $1.50 per share, a thorough reading of the company s press release shows that this increase is one-time in nature, meaning that Garmi... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386117?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:15:38 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386118?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Speculation that the Federal Reserve is going to hike the discount rate today has weighed on the Treasury market and is helping to lift an already recovering US dollar in the foreign exchange market.The speculation is likely to be for naught and this... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386118?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:56:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386119?rsstype=latest&cid=47 I admit I don't spend as much time drilling down into the details of company announcements and earnings releases as I ought to. It's hard enough keeping up with and sifting through government statistics and other big-picture data series. Luckily, the... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386119?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:56:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386120?rsstype=latest&cid=47 By Brandon Matthews The highly anticipated news of Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq:SIRI) receiving a delisting letter from the Nasdaq has finally occurred, and as expected the company has announced its intention to appeal. Ahead of this notice, SIRI share... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386120?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:54:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386128?rsstype=latest&cid=47 We have seen some more negative commentary on China in the past 24 hours, including from the likes of the World Bank (which in its latest quarterly report called for a tighter monetary policy stance to combat the risk of large asset prices increases ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386128?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:29:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1386016?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Research in Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has been the ongoing envy of many cellphone makers before the last two years. Now you have Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) with the iPhone and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) trying to make a real dent in the smartpho... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1386016?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:40 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1386102?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Small business lender CIT Group (CIT) is off 21 cents, half a percent, at $37.66, after CEO John Thain yesterday told analysts the company s $6.75 billion credit facility is a drag on earnings this year, unless it can be rolled over with new credit... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1386102?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:05:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/peridot-capitalist/1386250?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Despite reports on CNBC yesterday that GPS maker Garmin (GRMN) had doubled its annual dividend from $0.75 to $1.50 per share, a thorough reading of the company s press release shows that this increase is one-time in nature, meaning that Garm... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/peridot-capitalist/1386250?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:55:38 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1386103?rsstype=latest&cid=47 One of the best picks among integrated oil and gas names, according to a note today from Goldman Sachs s Michelle della Vigna, is Norway s Statoil (STO), which he argues has the biggest leverage to rising oil prices.See, the oil price outlook is ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1386103?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:52:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386136?rsstype=latest&cid=47 With investors increasingly convinced that short term interest rates may be on hold for longer, fixed income markets are finding less room to rally. U.S. yields are higher on the day unable to sustain a lower open in light of the Fed s accommodativ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386136?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:51:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386137?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Knight (NITE) is the largest wholesale market making firm in U.S. equity securities. Knight provides market access and trade execution services across multiple asset classes and offers capital markets services to corporate issuers and private compani... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386137?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:47:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386138?rsstype=latest&cid=47 by Demian Russian This week, on the heels of Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) issuing $800 million in new Senior Notes to refinance debt, BGB Securities Media Analyst, Murray Arenson, has issued an updated equity report. Arenson initiated coverage of Siriu... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386138?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:42:52 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386140?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Piggyback investing has made it so easy for investors to mimic the moves of the best and brightest and most successful asset managers. The hardest part is figuring out whose portfolio moves to clone. Today s Bloomberg deals with the issue... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1386140?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:41:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1386104?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Barclays Capital s head of research, Larry Kantor, wants you to know that it s difficult to come up with compelling reasons why markets should falter, as he writes in the bank s quarterly investment review this morning, clocking in at 86 ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1386104?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:35:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1386105?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Markets are mixed in late morning trading, with the Dow Industrials up 27 points at 10,760 while the S&P 500 is down about a point at 1,165.A flight to quality? To safe, dividend-paying companies and defensive/cyclical names?Propping up the Dow may... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1386105?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:20:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1386238?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Everett DigitalTough crowd.Package giant FedEx delivered a top-and-bottom line beat. For good measure, they raised 2010 earnings guidance.All that, and the street is shrugging, with FedEx shares down a bit.Investors would do well to keep an eye on su... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-market-beat/1386238?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:10:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1386106?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Shares of $57 billion (market cap) drug giant Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) are up $2.37, or 4%, at $62.31, after the company this morning said it would spend 3.65 billion Euros (roughly $5 billion) to buy Ratiopharm, the second-biggest maker... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/barrons-stocks-to-watch/1386106?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:34:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/goldseek/1386161?rsstype=latest&cid=47 THE PRICE OF GOLD in the wholesale bullion market bounced up from its second dip in two sessions to $1120 an ounce as the US opened for business on Thursday, pushing higher for Sterling and Euro buyers as world stock markets held flat.... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/goldseek/1386161?rsstype=latest&cid=47 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:29:23 -0400