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- a market in which prices are falling and in which a dealer is more likely to sell securities than to buy them.
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- A Review of Financial Markets II
- After a third consecutive year of declining stock markets, there is one question on everyone’s mind, when will this bear market end? This is the first time the US stock market has declined for three years in a row since 1939-1941. As measured by the Dow Jones Industrial Average,...
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- Asset Managers Turning Up the Heat: Creating Differentiated Value Under Uncertainty
- This paper discusses the current temperature of the asset management industry. The bear market has given way to impressive growth and expectations of strong financial performance seem reasonable. Instead, many large firms have been dismayed to experience lower revenue and flat income per asset managed. The struggle for higher returns...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- The Fed Model and Stock Valuation: What It Does and Does Not Tell Us
- When the stock market was reaching record new highs in 1999 and 2000, many stock valuation models began sounding the alarm - flagging what in hindsight proved to be an extremely overvalued stock market. However, most investors unfortunately chose to ignore this available information, believing instead that one had entered...
- White papers 2003-11-27
- Myths and Misconceptions About Indexing
- Since first being introduced in the early 1970s, indexing has become an important investment strategy for institutional and individual investors, and indexed assets have grown substantially, totaling $340.1 billion, or 5.6% of all mutual fund assets, as of December 31, 2002. However, indexing has also been continually criticized. These criticisms...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Principal-Protected Funds - Security Has a Price
- The recent bear market has left many investors worried more about securing the return of their investment dollars than about the return on their investments. Financial product providers have responded by marketing new types of mutual funds that pledge to guarantee, for a set period of time, that the capital...
- White papers 2003-05-27
- An Analysis of the Cross Section of Returns for EREITS Using a varying-Risk Beta Model
- This paper investigates the relationship between equity REIT returns and beta. No significant is found between returns and beta using a constant beta measured over all return periods. It reveals that during bear market months, there is no significant relationship between beta and returns. Yet, EREIT Size and ERAIT book-to-market...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Is the Loss of Investor Confidence Necessarily Bad? It All Depends If You Are a Consultant or a Broker
- Today, investors are facing that proverbial hurricane, and many are being advised to "stay the course", or set anchor and weather the storm in a deteriorating bear market. Clearly, in a bull market everyone wants to maximize their exposure to the equity markets, so as this article examines and discusses,...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- The Short and Distort - Stock Manipulation in a bear market
- A less publicized and more sinister version of short selling can take place on Wall Street. It's called "Short and distort". There is nothing inherently wrong with short selling, which is permissible under the regulations of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). But the short-and-distort type of short seller uses...
- White papers 2002-03-01
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- OpenAir Sponsors Leading On-Demand European Conference
- OpenAir, the world's leading provider ofon-demand project management software, announced today its sponsorship ofDreamforce Europe 2008. The conference, being held May 7-8 at the London Barbican Centre, willbring together over 2,000 Salesforce.com users, developers, partners, andexperts to participate in hands-on training, proven best practices,networking, and keynote speeches. "Software-as-a-Service is enabling...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Convolute Tubing targets high performance applications
- Offered in 18-24 in. lengths, Micro ID Tubing features 0.094-0.187 in. ID and 0.156-0.500 in. OD. Phenolic paper grades such as RT629 and RT630 are used in electrical, heavy industrial, and general-purpose applications, while RTB320X, composed of extra-fine weave linen cloth and phenolic resin, is suited for ball bearing retainers...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Operations Update, Shallow Fields Production Unit
- Frontera Resources Corporation (London StockExchange, AIM Market - Symbol: FRR; OTCQX Market, U.S.A. - Symbol: FRTE),an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, todayannounced an update of operations at its Shallow Fields Production Unit,Block 12, Georgia. Mirzaani Field: Since the beginning of the year, existing productionoperations have continued...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- New Report Examines the Markets Where Mobile TV Will Be Significant and the Technologies and Business Models They Will Adopt
- DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90947) has announced the addition of Mobile TV Business Models, Technologies and Markets 2008-12 to their offering. Mobile TV technologies have multiplied rather than consolidated, and despite an early lead by DVB-H, in what seemed a two horse race with Korea's T-DMB,...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Zacks Buy List Highlights: DeVry, Inc., CA, Inc., Fording Canadian Coal Trust and Whiting Petroleum Corporation
- CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Every day on Zacks.com, four stock picks are made based on criteria for the each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- New Publication Looks at the Attributes of Applied Tribology
- DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91004) has announced the addition of "Applied Tribology: Bearing Design and Lubrication, 2nd Edition" to their offering This new edition continues to maintain a balance between the theory and application of the technology, giving particular emphasis to tribology in aerospace equipment, steam...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Corrections Corp., FormFactor, Credit Suisse, Caterpillar and Simon Property Group
- CHICAGO -- Zacks Equity Research highlights Corrections Corp. (NYSE: CXW) as the Bull of the Day and FormFactor (Nasdaq: FORM) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS), Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE: CAT) and Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG). Full...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Perfect Web Technologies Plans a Spin-Off of Its Willing Subsidiary
- Perfect Web Technologies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PWBI) announced today that it has received from its board of directorapproval to spin-off its wholly-owned subsidiary Willing Holding, Inc. Willing Holding, Inc. is led by its Chairman and CEO Gideon D. Taylor, theformer CEO and Chairman of Able Telecom Holding Corp., a telecommunicationsinfrastructure company...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- American Stock Exchange Lists Merrill Lynch's bear market Stars Linked to the PHLX Housing Sector Index
- NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) opened trading on Merrill Lynch's Bear Market STARS Linked to the PHLX Housing Sector Index. Priced at $10.00 per unit with an initial offer size of 4,225,000 units, this equity trades under the ticker symbol HDJ...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- American Stock Exchange Lists Merrill Lynch's Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the AMEX Energy Select Sector Index
- NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) opened trading on Merrill Lynch's Accelerated Return Bear Market Notes Linked to the AMEX Energy Select Sector Index. Priced at $10.00 per unit with an initial offer size of 4,300,000 units, this equity trades under the...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Zacks Releases Four "Strong Buy" or "Buy" Stocks: Parker Hannifin Corporation, Raytheon Co., Genco Shipping and Trading Ltd. and Metalico
- CHICAGO -- Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry's leading independent research firm highlights a Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy stock or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum, and...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers: Switch & Data Facilities, LaBranche & Co, Flowserve, Big Lots, and Central European Distribution
- CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the latest list of top performing Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") stocks. The stocks on the prestigious list with the highest returns last week were Switch & Data Facilities Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: SDXC), LaBranche & Co. Inc. (NYSE: LAB), Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS) Big Lots, Inc....
- Articles 2008-05-06
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