Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares have risen by 3% so far today, the last day of 2012. The rise in the technology company's shares has been complemented by a rise in the NASDAQComposite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC), and the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX). The rise is unexpected on a day in which Fiscal Cliff negotiations could lead to a renewed recession in the United States.
Scientists at Oxford University in the United Kingdom have developed a way to measure the level of controversy a Wikipedia page is causing, according to a report from the... Read More
Maxam Capital Management Ltd. is an independent and employee owned fund management firm based in Vancouver, BC. Maxam is the manager of the Maxam Diversified Strategies Fund, an opportunistic... Read More
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) computer servers have been reported hacked, the second time in a matter of months, according to a New York Times Dealbook report. But the... Read More
The swap market has survived the transition to swap execution facilities (SEF). The final regulatory tool put in place by the Dodd-Frank act to rein in the $693 trillion... Read More
Berkshire Hathaway's List Of Invested & Acquired Companies 1977-2014 by S&C Messina See public equity investment list I’ve compiled below from 1977-2012 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letters. I have a list of... Read More
In a new book, George Soros claims that German economic policy is ‘self righteous’ and ‘hypocritical,’ which is not good for the European Union. In his interview with Dr.... Read More
Charlie Munger has attributed a considerable part of his success to his multidisciplinary education. From the very beginning, he was always interested in acquiring multidisciplinary knowledge or knowledge associated with... Read More
Blackberry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) (TSE:BB) put itself up for sale just weeks ago, but the company may already be considering other options for its future. According to Dow Jones, the... Read More
The Single Greatest Predictor of Future Stock Market Returns by Philosophical Economics (some excerpts) Consider the following chart, which shows the average investor portfolio allocation to equities from January 1952 to... Read More
System-wide U.S. credit card debt growth will decline moderately, while auto loans growth will fall markedly over the next two years, believe BMO Capital Markets analysts. James Fortheringham and Aman Gherger forecast benign... Read More
