27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bond Bears Are Scratching Their Heads While Looking At These Charts
Bond Bears Are Scratching Their Heads While Looking At These Charts
Large speculators (read – hedge funds or the supposed “smart money”) have shifted their S&P 500 positioning to net short, increased their Russell 2000 short positioning and decreased their NASDAQ longs to one-year lows. Market-neutral funds have dropped exposure notably in the last week and long/short funds are well below market norms for their long positioning.
27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Citi’s 2Q trading revenue down at least 20%
Citi’s 2Q trading revenue down at least 20%
So far, Citigroup’s second-quarter trading revenue has dropped 20 percent to 25 percent, said John Gerspach, the bank’s chief financial officer
27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Top-paid CEOs get 400% raises — you’ll get 2.9%
Top-paid CEOs get 400% raises — you’ll get 2.9%
While many companies doled out seven-figure raises for their top brass last year, they were far more stingy with the rest of their employees — as they have been for decades now.
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27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Starbucks-owned chain getting into burger biz
Starbucks-owned chain getting into burger biz
Starbucks is planning to open a location of its La Boulange chain that serves burgers, a first for the coffee company.
27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Early warning signs don’t mean the bull market is dead
Early warning signs don’t mean the bull market is dead
Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Aaron Task and Barry Ritholtz of Ritholtz Wealth Management discuss recent small cap warning signs and how to play this market.
27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why to short bonds
Why to short bonds
Larry McDonald, senior director at NA whole bunch of reasons tewedge, predicted the subprime mortgage crisis two years before it happened. He now says interest rates are headed higher. Here are his seven reasons why.
27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why Walmart needs to support a higher minimum wage
Why Walmart needs to support a higher minimum wage
The Daily Ticker’s Aaron Task interviews Rob Cox, editor of Reuters Breakingviews, about why it’s in Walmart’s interest to raise its employees’ wages and support a higher national minimum wage.