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Paging Dr. Kim… Your World Bank Nomination is Ready
“Non-white, non-WASP and not Larry Summers.” Quoted in the Guardian, that’s how David Blanchflower, Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, describes his boss, Dr. Jim Yong Kim – the man President Obama has just nominated for president of the World… More »
Post a CommentGlaxoSmithKline: Masters of Innovation and Investment
Score one for innovation! And emphatically, too. By an 11 to 2 margin, the Food & Drug Administration’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee just voted to pre-approve GlaxoSmithKline’s (NYSE: GSK) new cancer drug, Votrient. At the same time, the panel unanimously… More »
Post a CommentCan You Profit From PIMCO’s World of “Total Returns?”
“A giant step for ETFs.” That’s how Morningstar’s Director of ETF Research, Paul Justice, describes the PIMCO Total Return ETF (NYSE: TRXT). As I mentioned here a couple of weeks ago, TRXT is the brainchild of PIMCO Chief and “Bond… More »
Post a CommentHow Will India’s Gold Import Crackdown Affect the Market?
Barely a few seconds went by when I didn’t see someone, or something, clad in green. Hardly surprising, really, given that I just spent the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day in one of my favorite cities – Boston. But while… More »
Post a CommentAre Obama and Cameron About to Open the Oil Spigot?
Like a couple of best buds, they’ve hit a college basketball game, chowed down on hot dogs, talked sports and genuinely seemed to be enjoying each other’s company. Such are the images of President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister,… More »
Post a CommentWant to Take Advantage of Chinese Currency Reform? Here’s How…
How does China’s outgoing Premier, Wen Jiabao, describe his country’s need for economic and social reforms? In a word: urgent. Addressing the National People’s Congress for the final time as leader, Jiabao reiterated the importance of slowing China’s economy in… More »
Post a CommentThis New Study May Keep You Wide Awake…
Having trouble sleeping? You might want to think twice about popping those sleeping pills. A new study from the Viterbi Family Sleep Center at the Scripps Sleep Center Clinic in San Diego is shaking the $2 billion industry – one… More »
Post a CommentGoogle’s Under-the-Radar Growth Venture: Green Energy
Barely a day goes by when I don’t hear about, talk about, or actually use Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)… such is the massive presence that the tech behemoth now has in everyday life. Though it started out as a mere search… More »
Post a CommentIndia Bans Cotton Exports… Is a Run on Pants Imminent?
Earlier this week, India decided to impose an immediate ban on all of its cotton exports. The announcement came from India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade, a division of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It cited declining cotton yields,… More »
Post a CommentBill Gross Has a Message for You: “Play Defense”
Getting quality investment information is often like trying to tap dance on a minefield – difficult and dangerous! Between biased opinions, conflicts of interest, inadequate research and just plain old nonsense, it’s sometimes hard to know what to believe. Which… More »
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