7 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sunday links: inoculated against panic
Sunday links: inoculated against panic
Quote of the day
Jason Zweig, “So try to socialize—in the real world and in online social media—only with investors who are calm and methodical. After all, whatever your peers pay attention to, you will also concentrate on—so following more-sensible people will help inoculate you against panic.” (WSJ)
Chart of the day
7 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
Thanks for checking in with us this weekend. Here are the items our readers clicked most frequently on Abnormal Returns for the week ended Saturday, September 6th, 2014. The description reads as it does in the relevant linkfest:
7 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Alibaba who? U.S. retail investors not that interested
Alibaba who? U.S. retail investors not that interested
Alibaba, which sells more than Amazon.com Inc and EBay Inc combined, could raise over $21 billion in its IPO. It is often described as technology’s hottest initial public offering since Facebook Inc’s 2012 debut, although initial pricing announced on Friday was less than many predicted. Retail investors generally get only 10-20 percent of shares in big IPOs, and several advisers told Reuters they had expected a scramble from clients. “People are on Facebook, they know it, but no one has ever heard of Alibaba,” said Mecca, who has $175 million in assets under management.
7 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Showtime for Apple: Big phones, smart watches and high expectations
Showtime for Apple: Big phones, smart watches and high expectations
It has been four years since Apple Inc introduced a completely new gadget and the pressure is on for the world’s largest tech company to wow at its “special event” in Cupertino, California, on Tuesday. Apple has fed the high expectations, with promises by executives that the company’s best product pipeline in 25 years is being readied inside its secretive facilities. Those now ubiquitous gadgets were created under the innovative and famously meticulous eye of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011.
7 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Warren Buffett’s Right-Hand Man Reveals His Secrets for Success
Warren Buffett’s Right-Hand Man Reveals His Secrets for Success
Warren Buffett’s long-time second in command at Berkshire Hathaway provides the reasons why Buffett has had such great success.
7 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Social Security Benefits: How Much Do You Really Gain by Waiting?
Social Security Benefits: How Much Do You Really Gain by Waiting?
7 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Searching for growth in Europe, clarity in China
Searching for growth in Europe, clarity in China
While data from China may give clarity on a pattern of uneven growth there, it is in Europe that the prospects for the economy are most uncertain, although a ceasefire in Ukraine could lift the mood and avoid new EU sanctions on Russia this week. EU finance ministers and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi convene on Friday in Milan, where the ECB’s latest move to help the economy and avoid deflation will be at the forefront of discussions.