• Citigroup Stock Increasing For 2014, Key Information Before The Annual Report

  By Tom Dorsey: Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C ) had an excellent 2013 with a stock appreciation of 27% (opened on January 2, 2013, at $40.91, and closed at $52.11 on December 31, 2013). Although the dividend paid only $0.01 per quarter most investors should be happy with the stock appreciation. Investors…

• Capitalizing On Cannabis: Key Considerations For Cannabis Stock Investors

  By Alan Brochstein , CFA: Editors' Note: This article covers stocks trading at less than $1 per share and/or with less than a $100 million market cap. Please be aware of the risks associated with these stocks. 2014 started off with a surge in stocks tied to cannabis. As I detailed last week,…

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• After Licking Wounds What For The Dollar?

  By Dean Popplewell : It seems that investors are not quite comfortable with market direction as stocks, yields and the dollar to an extent were mixed in the first full week of trading in 2014. Investor concerns continue to be dominated by the powerhouse of two: China and the US. Last week, weak data…

• Dollar soft after poor US jobs report

  Bourses rise as weak US data support the view that the Federal Reserve's tapering of its asset purchases will proceed only gradually

• Stress tests to gauge shipping loan risks

  Among the vulnerabilities being probed, shipping loans have been identified as one of the asset quality review's focuses – especially for German banks

• Corvette Stingray wins Car of the Year

  General Motors sweeps this year's awards at the Detroit auto show.

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• Japan's Suntory to buy U.S. drinks group Beam in $16 billion deal

  LONDON (Reuters) - Suntory Holdings Ltd said on Monday it plans to buy Beam Inc , paying $13.6 billion in cash for the shares to make the Japanese company the world's third-largest maker of distilled drinks.

• Why I Worry So Much

  By Joseph Y. Calhoun III : When I got into the investment business 23 years ago, a very wise man told me that my job as an advisor was to find clouds when everyone else saw nothing but sunshine and to find the rays of hope when everyone else was hunkered under an umbrella. Markets and economies move…

• Treasury makes Scottish debt pledge

  The UK Treasury says it will honour all UK government debt issued up to the date of the referendum on Scottish independence.

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• Stocks: Jobs shock lingers, earnings loom

  Markets were in reflective mood early Monday after last week's shock jobs report as investors prepared for a flurry of earnings reports this week.

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• Risky Index Weighting Or This: ETF Outperforms

  By YCharts : Editor's Note: Original publication date for this article was January 7, 2014. By Carla Fried It was barely a year ago that Netflix ( NFLX ) was a middling mid-cap with a $5 billion market cap . After a near 300% gain last year, it's suddenly in the land of the big boys with…

• Fonar Corporation: Undervalued, Aggressive Growth, And Deepening Moat

  By MD Research : Introduction As a young medical doctor, my inquisitive nature led me to discover Fonar ( FONR ) Corporation in late 2011 when I was having a conversation with a cardiology colleague at my former place of training. Fonar is a small Delaware incorporated company, headquartered in…

• Dividend Portfolio Playoffs Round 2: DuPont Vs. Hasbro

  By Abba's Aces: In the second round of the Dividend Portfolio playoffs we have #7 seeded E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Co ( DD ) taking on #2 seeded Hasbro, Inc. ( HAS ). DuPont is a diversified technology company operating in the segments of Agriculture, Electronics & Communications,…

• Earnings Preview: JPMorgan Chase Q4 2013

  By Selerity Research : By Brendan Gilmartin JP Morgan Chase ( JPM ) is scheduled to report 4Q 2013 earnings before the bell on Tuesday, January 14. The results are typically released at 7:00 a.m. EST with a conference call slated to follow at 8:30 a.m. JP Morgan Chase is the first among the major…

• Airbus sees record orders in 2013

  Airbus delivers a company record of 626 planes last year, but it still undershoots rival Boeing

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• PM promises council 'fracking' boost

  Councils that back "fracking" will get to keep more money in tax revenue as part of an "all-out" drive to promote drilling, David Cameron says.

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• Goldcorp offers C$2.6 billion for Osisko Mining

  (Reuters) - Goldcorp Inc launched a bid to buy fellow gold miner Osisko Mining Corp for C$2.6 billion ($2.4 billion) in cash and stock to gain access to Osisko's Malartic mine in Quebec.

• Protesters bring Bangkok to standstill

  Yingluck government offers talks on election rescheduling as thousands block roads in a campaign to close the capital and unseat the prime minister

• Europe banks cheer easing in leverage rules, shares rally

  LONDON (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank and Barclays led European bank stocks on Monday to their highest for nearly three years after regulators watered down new rules aimed at strengthening banks but which could have limited their ability to lend.

• Do Bonds Make Sense For Long-Term Investors (Part II)

  (This is the second part of a discussion of how long-term investors should view bonds. The first part is available on Seeking Alpha . I want to repeat one point here – I am looking at what should be the default weighting for "bonds" within the portfolio of an investor with a long investment…