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• S&P: World Equity Markets Bounce Back in April

  - 2008-05-07

  Developed and Emerging Markets Recover Lost Ground on Impressive Gains

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• S&P says US equity leaders have failed on performance.

  - 2008-03-17

  Many of the previous leaders of the US equity market have failed to continue last year's stellar performance into 2008, according to Standard & Poor's.. James Kenny Many of the previous leaders of the US equity market have failed to continue last year's stellar...

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• S&P launches Shariah indices derived from Indian markets.

  - 2008-02-25

  Standard & Poor's has launched two investable Shariah indices derived from two of India's major equity markets. Standard & Poor's has launched two investable Shariah indices derived from two of India's major equity markets.

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• World bourses lost 5.2 trillion dlrs in January: credit rater

  - 2008-02-09

  PARIS AFP — World stockmarkets lost 5.2 trillion dollars (3.6 trillion euros) in January thanks to the fallout from the US subprime crisis and fears of a global economic slowdown, Standard & Poor's said Saturday. "If investors thought the market could only go up, January's wake-up call pulled them...

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• S&P shines light on emerging sector with dedicated index.

  - 2007-08-23

  Investor appetite for frontier markets is on the up with Standard & Poor's recently launching the first fully investable index for frontier equity markets. The new index, called the S&P/IFCG Extended Frontier 150 index, contains the largest a Investor appetite for frontier markets is on the...

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• ELEMENTS Exchange-Traded Notes Begin Trading Today

  - 2007-08-02

  New Platform Expands Range of Market Strategies Available to Investors NEW YORK -- Nuveen Investments, Merrill Lynch, Swedish Export Credit Corporation and BNP Paribas today announced that the first issue in the ELEMENTSSM exchange-traded notes ETNs platform will begin trading today on the New York Stock Exchange. ELEMENTS exchange-traded...

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• Another lead indicator.

  - 2007-06-22

  Fed custody holdings predict equity returns. Chris Dillow Here's yet another lead indicator of equity returns - the ratio of the Federal Reserve's holdings of Treasury bonds on behalf of foreign central banks to the S&P 500. When this ratio is high, subsequent annual...

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• News: S&P meets demand with equity hires.

  - 2007-04-02

  Standard & Poor's (S&P) has ramped up its European equity analyst business to cope with the surging demand from investors for top quality research. Standard & Poor's (S&P) has ramped up its European equity analyst business to cope with the surging demand from investors...

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• Invesco equities chief leaves.

  - 2007-03-23

  Mar 23, 2007 (Investor Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The sudden departure of Rohan Walsh and Luke Sinclair from Invesco represents a "significant change", according to Greg Barr. Walsh was the head of Invesco's Australian equities group, with Sinclair its portfolio manager. Barr, of Standard...

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• Coveted S&P "AAA" Rating Awarded to GAM GAMCO Equity

  - 2006-12-05

  RYE, N.Y. -- GAMCO Asset Management Inc., a subsidiary of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE:GBL), is pleased to announce that the GAM GAMCO Equity Fund, managed by value investor Mario Gabelli since its launch in October 1987, has been awarded Standard & Poor's AAA Rating for the third consecutive year. Last...

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