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STOCK, Shares, NYSE News, Aug 11, 2011


Big Financial Stocks Yielding A Positive Return Over the Past Week
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
The stock recently traded at $105.87 and its market capitalization is $2900838000. About the company: iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund seeks results that correspond to the price ...
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Sensex rises; rally may not last, warn analysts
Livemint
Indian stocks started Wednesday on a firm note with the bellwether index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, the Sensex, opening 386.6 points higher. It closed at 17130.51 points, up 272.60 points or 1.62%. The broad-based 50-share Nifty of the National ...
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Richard Drew/AP Photo
ABC News
Trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeWednesday, Aug. 10, 2011. France's debt was the worry of the day, with the cost to insure French bonds surging, an indication that investors believe the country might have trouble ...
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ABC News
ETF trading volumes surge in market turmoil
Financial Times
By Chris Flood Trading volumes for US listed exchange traded funds have surged dramatically in the market turmoil following the US debt downgrade by Standard and Poor's. Analysts at Credit Suisse said ETFs accounted for 40 per cent of US equity trading ...
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Japan's Bond Futures Rise After Federal Reserve Pledges to Keep Low Rates
Bloomberg
Ten-year bond futures for September delivery gained 0.06 to 142.19 at the 3 pm close of the TokyoStock Exchange. Yields on 10-year Treasuries dropped to a record 2.0346 percent in New York yesterday after the Fed pledged to keep its benchmark rate at ...
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SEC Sues Stifel Over Wisconsin School Losses Tied to $200 Million of CDOs
Bloomberg
(SF), the broker's St. Louis-based parent, fell $1.86 a share, or 6.5 percent, to $26.74 at 3:03 pm in New York Stock Exchange composite trading after dropping as much as 19 percent, the most in more than 19 years. Jeffrey Kalinowski, a Stifel lawyer, ...
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Stocks rally after Fed vows super low rates
Inquirer.net
The Philippine Stock Exchange index rose 3.2 percent, ending a three-day slump. Following a restorative rally in the Asia-Pacific region, European shares inched higher in morning trading. Britain's FTSE 100 index rose 1.3 percent, Germany's DAX climbed ...
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Interactive Brokers Group Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.10 Per Share
MarketWatch (press release)
As a market maker, we provide liquidity at these marketplaces and, as a broker, we provide professional traders and investors with electronic access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bondsand mutual funds from a single IB Universal Account(SM). ...
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European Stocks Enter Bear Market As August Losses Exceed Twenty Percent
TheStreet.com
Similarly, the French stock market index, the CAC 40, has also experienced a steep decline, closing at 3002.99 on Wednesday, making the August tally an 18.20 percent loss. For the year, the Paris-based exchange is down 21.07 percent. ...
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Market sees lull rather than return of normalcy
Korea Times
The yield on the three-year government bond shed 0.07 percent, closing at 3.5 percent. Foreigners' preference for Korean bonds also explains why the value of the won hasn't dropped as much as the stock market did. The won-dollar exchange rate rose from ...
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Korea Times
European banks suffer huge losses on new Greek fears
AFP
The Greek bond exchange is part of the overall second rescue worth about 160 billion euros. The private sector estimates that its participation will cost it 54 billion euros over the next three years and estimates the cost by 2020 at 135 billion euros. ...
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AFP
US Stocks Plummet, Nearly Erasing Tuesday's Gains
Wall Street Journal
After several days of volatility, the New York Stock Exchange put its "Rule 48" into effect for the second time this week, aiming to smooth the opening of trading on a session that is expected to get volatile. Rule 48 allows designated market makers on ...
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Creating Extra Yield
Barron's
One hedge-fund manager likens the strategy to creating synthetic bonds. Consider Philip Morris International (PM), the cigarette company that pays a $2.56 annual dividend. Goldman Sachs is telling clients Wednesday the stock has a 4% dividend yield, ...
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India Bonds Rise On Hopes Of Pause In Rate Hike Cycle; Rupee Down
Wall Street Journal
The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensitive Index gained 1.6% to close at 17130.51. "We may see the rupee appreciating if Indian stocks benefit from foreign fund flows as there are some signs of foreign funds coming back to emerging economies," the dealer ...
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Argentine Stocks: Aluar Aluminio, Grupo Galicia Fall; YPF Rises
Bloomberg
Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are as of 4:02 pm New York time. The Merval Index fell 1.9 percent to 2809.75, its sixth day of losses in the past seven sessions. Aluar Aluminio Argentino SAIC (ALUA) , which produces and sells ...
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Europe's stocks tumble again: Malta Stock Exchange down 4%
Malta Independent Online
But if the current stock market sell-off continues, this may soon change. Since 22 July, the day after eurozone leaders decided to give their bailout fund new powers but refused to expand its size, Germany's main stock index, the DAX has lost more than ...
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Biggest Mutual Fund Winners and Losers During the Sell-Off
Morningstar.com
Unfortunately for investors in stock funds, pockets of true strength have been few and far between. Although bonds--even junk bonds and bank-loan offerings--have held their ground, nearly every stock fund in our database has posted a double-digit loss ...
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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ mildly weaker in less volatile start
Reuters
[ID:nL3E7JA0GZ] [MKTS/GLOB] But North American stock indexes suggested a soft open, while the price of crude soared around 4 percent. [.N] [O/R] Although weaker from the previous session, thecurrency was in a relatively mild range compared to the last ...
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Wall Street remembers a world of problems, and Dow plummets again _ now down ...
Newser
Nearly three stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. Consolidated trading volume was heavier than usual, 8.3 billion shares. In July, average daily volume was less than half that. On Monday, it was 9.9 billion, ...
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SE Asia Stocks-Most bounce back, led by Indonesia, Philippines
Reuters
I think foreign investors are still keeping money here but favour bonds," said Teerada Charnyingyong, a strategist at Phillip Securities. Asian stocks in general clawed back some lost ground on Wednesday following a rebound in US shares after the ...
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Brookfield Asset Management earnings grow in second quarter
Winnipeg Free Press
... share ratio even if profits remain the same, which would help boost the value of its stock. The company is also seeking $4 billion in third party fundraising for seven funds and thinks that the current low interest rate environment on bonds will ...
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Wed: Discount Investment leads TASE slump
Globes
Bonds of real estate developer Elbit Imaging Ltd. (Nasdaq: EMITF; TASE: EMIT) fell by up 7%, andbonds of Discount Investment fell by up 11%. In the foreign currency market, the shekel-dollar representative exchange rate fell 1.04% to NIS 3.515/$, ...
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How to endure the rocky markets' horror show
Washington Post
An exchange traded fund is an investment fund that tracks an index, a basket of assets or a commodity, such as gold. It is traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks. But here's a caution about investing in gold. You are being reckless to put all your ...
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Koor forced to book NIS 1.8b loss on Credit Suisse
Ha'aretz
From the start of August, Koor shares have lost 23%. Its series B8 bonds have tumbled 11% to trade at a yield of 9.78%. Its B9 bonds have lost 7.17% to a yield of 11.67%. Yesterday, though the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange was closed because of the Tisha ...
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Ha'aretz
" US drama fuels eurozone panic"
Bend Bulletin
A Greek Stock Exchange employee passes stock charts in Athens on Friday, a day that saw the eurozone's debt crisis batter markets. Thanassis Stavrakis / The Associated Press By Steven Erlanger / New York Times News Service PARIS — European political ...
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10 Year US T Notes
Inside Futures
Trends in Futures tracks over 79 markets, including foreign exchange (FX), stock indices, interest rates, metals, energies, grains, meats, foods & fibers and exchange traded funds (ETF). For free consultation about the CRB Trends in Futures trial ...
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