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Submitted by Lance Roberts of STA Wealth Management,

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Coca-Cola Co will buy a 16.7 percent stake in Monster Beverage in deal that includes the companies swapping ownership of some products.

When Kurt Cobain was in his prime, there was little doubt what alternative music was. Twenty years after Cobain’s death, Wall Street is in the midst of its own alternative craze, and almost any asset can be called alternative, as long as it’s not a traditional stock or bond. Almost half of the mutual funds called “alternative” by Bloomberg have launched since 2011, and Boston Consulting Group estimates alternative assets have risen from $2 trillion to $7 trillion in the last decade. Regulators have asked big alternative asset managers including BlackRock Inc.

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Plug Power shares rise more than 5% after the fuel-cell company turns a profit for the first time and reports better-than-expected second-quarter results.
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As of June 30, 2014, WisdomTree had 49 equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and 42 of those were incepted prior to December 31, 2013. We thought it worthwhile to showcase, out of these 42 equity ETFs, the top five and bottom five performers of 2014, measured through June 30, 2014, to see what distinct themes about global equity performance would emerge.

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Wal-Mart Stores earnings are taking a hit as more of its U.S. workers sign up for health-care coverage. Is Obamacare to blame?