Wall Street has seen some key records this year. While investors cheered the surge in benchmarks with S&P 500 (SPX) hitting 53 record highs so far, 2014 also became a record year for initial public offerings (IPOs). The U.S. IPO market was the biggest in 2014 since 2000 in terms of both value and number….
2014 was a bumper year for VC/PE transactions, easily topping the numbers seen in the last 3-4 years. The year witnessed 559 recorded transactions, which was a jump of almost 30% over the previous year. Amount invested jumped even more, up almost 60% to cross $13B, shows data by research firm India Business Reports (www.indiabusinessreports.com)….
Happy New Year and welcome to edition 237 of Insider Weekends. Insider buying declined last week with insiders buying $18.4 million of stock compared to $83.07 million in the week prior. Selling also declined sharply with insiders selling $258.37 million of stock last week compared to $628.05 million in the week prior. Sell/Buy Ratio: The insider Sell/Buy ratio is calculated…
by Washington’s Blog, Washington’s Blog About.com notes: One of the more enduring myths in Western society is that wars are somehow good for the economy. It is vital for policy-makers, economists and the public to have access to a definitive analysis to determine once and for all whether war is good or bad for the economy. That analysis…
The numbers are in and the most expensive city to live in these days is Hamilton, Bermuda. After that, the second is Geneva. But Switzerland by and large is the country where you have the highest cost of living in the world. In fact, 5 Swiss cities are in the top ten most expensive…
The U.S. stock markets delivered a somewhat muted performance this year (at least when compared to 2013) with the S&P (SPX) returning about 12% YTD gains. The towering market of last year turned into a market that saw fears about a global slowdown and its effect on U.S. corporate earnings, plummeting oil prices, sluggish growth…
With just three weeks until the Greek snap elections on January 25 in which Tsipras’ Syriza is virtually assured of victory (unless somehow G-Pap’s “new and improved” political party manages to steal enough votes to prevent this, although one wonders what his political campaign will be: “vote for us because this time we know how to avoid a sovereign…
● Balanced Asset Allocation: How to Profit in Any Economic Climate By Alex ShahidiSummary via publisher (Wiley) The conventional portfolio is prone to frequent and potentially devastating losses because it is NOT balanced to different economic outcomes. In contrast, a truly balanced portfolio can help investors reduce risk and more reliably achieve their objectives. This simple fact…
2014 was supposed to be a breakout year for China life science IPOs. As the year began, China was all set to resume IPOs after a 15-month moratorium, with a new regulatory system and significant pent-up demand. But, for the most part, the renaissance didn’t happen (see story). There was one very successful China pharma IPO…
by Rob Isbitts, Sungarden Investment Research 2014 is behind us. And since we tend to not want to do things the way the Wall Street herd does, our 2015 outlook is formatted this way: we list a group of potential scenarios, and then assign our “best guess” probability that they will happen next year. This is about…
