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Asian technology stocks get a boost from the S&P 500’s record close above 2000 overnight, helping the Taiwan market outperform the rest of the region.
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Stocks edged higher again with the Russell 2000 iShares (IWM) leading the way, though the gain was just .65%. Eight of the nine sectors were higher with the Energy SPDR (XLE) and Finance SPDR (XLF) leading. The Utilities SPDR (XLU) was the lone loser. As the chart below shows, XLU bounced with the rest of the market this month and retraced 62% of the prior decline. The ETF then formed a bearish…

Warren Buffett may be most famous for the billions of dollars he has made from investing but he is also well known as a cheerleader for the United States. The Oracle of Omaha routinely exhorts investors to put their money in America, “the mother lode of opportunity,” as he wrote in his annual letter this year. So Buffett’s participation in fast-food chain Burger King Worldwide Inc’s purchase of coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc – complete with relocation of Burger King’s domicile to Canada – might at first blush raise questions about his patriotism.

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Jeremy Stretch, head of FX strategy at CIBC, discusses whether Warren Buffett’s reputation is at risk after his involvement in Burger King’s acquisition of Tim Hortons and the debate over the tax implications of the deal.

Jeremy Stretch, head of FX strategy at CIBC, says any form of quantitative easing by the ECB will not be the “magic bullet” to solve Europe’s economic problems.

Market-watchers are parsing the Fed’s every word for clues on where bond yields are headed, but the ECB may be in the driver’s seat.

G-Zero is the “new world order in which no single country or durable alliance of countries can meet the challenges of global leadership.

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