• ETFs Beat Mutual Funds To Finish Near Record Highs In 2013

  By QFinance : by Anthony Harrington By their very nature, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a beta play. You get the market performance, not outperformance, but that only tells a fraction of the ETF story. Basically, because they are so liquid and easy to get in and out of, ETFs offer investors a…

• Turkish lira back on the rack as Fed keeps markets on edge

  LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey's lira and other emerging market currencies were back under pressure on Wednesday as expectations the Federal Reserve will press on with stimulus cuts later in the day reheated doubts over developing markets' appeal for investors.

• Sochi sponsors worry about gay rights flap

  Russia is preparing to fire the starting pistol on the 2014 Winter Olympics, an event big corporate sponsors hope will burnish their brands and boost their earnings.

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• Barclays to cut hundreds of jobs

  Barclays plans to cut hundreds of jobs in its investment banking division as part of a restructuring, it confirms to the BBC.

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• Standard Bank in $765m deal with ICBC

  South African lender's sale of stake in its London-based global commodity trading business to China's largest bank reduces its international presence

• The Market Is Still A Bit Overpriced In Terms Of Dividend Yield

  By Philip Mause : I have written before about the uncanny reliability of the dividend yield metric, explaining it initially here and updating the analysis here . Given the recent pullback last week, it is helpful to update this analysis and assess where we are. The Metric - The metric is based on…

• VIDEO: 'Leave them crying out for more'

  Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King has been talking about his decision to leave after 10 years as boss saying he hopes he leaves "people crying out for more".

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• Q4 2013 Novartis Ag Earnings Conference call (Webcast)

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• The Impact Of Reform On Growth

  By Michael Pettis : I got a lot of feedback from my January 5 blog entry because of my argument that the implementation of the reforms proposed in the Third Plenum all but guarantees that growth rates in China will slow down. For that reason, I thought it might make sense for me to explain a little…

• Stocks: Losing momentum ahead of Fed

  Central banks are in the spotlight Wednesday as investors anticipate further "tapering" action from the Federal Reserve, and emerging markets stabilize following rate hikes in Turkey and India.

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• Fiat cuts 2014 profit forecast, hit by Latin America

  MILAN/DETROIT (Reuters) - Italian automaker Fiat has cut its 2014 profit guidance just after taking full control of U.S. unit Chrysler, as a cooling of its large Latin American market eroded earnings.

• Investors 'returned to equities'

  Individual investors in the UK returned to equities in 2013 as the economy started to pick up, figures suggest.

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• UK regulators ban ex-BGC executive

  The FCA has barred Anthony Verrier after he dropped an appeal over a ruling that he led an unlawful poaching conspiracy against Tullett Prebon

• There Is Still Time To Short Apple

  By Michael Blair : On January 13, 2013 I published an article estimating Apple ( AAPL ) iPhone production at 50.7 million units for Q1 and suggested that if it sold everything it could make unit sales would be just over 50 million units plus any sales from inventory. Apple in fact sold 51 million…

• Deutsche Bank faces up to long battle to restore reputation

  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The reputational risks surrounding Deutsche Bank have grown and it still has some way to go to win back public trust and prove it can overhaul its corporate culture, the bank's two chief executives said on Wednesday.

• The Fed Saga Will Continue, But Annaly Capital Could See An 18% Increase

  By Regarded Solutions : Well, here we are again. Ben Bernanke will give his farewell speech and in it will more than likely be another focus on the tapering of the quantitative easing policies of the Federal Reserve. As an owner of shares of Annaly Capital ( NLY ), I will share my opinion on not…

• Boeing profit jumps 26 percent as commercial aircraft sale rises

  (Reuters) - Boeing Co posted a 26 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by a rise in commercial aircraft deliveries.

• Apple's Growth Will Come From China

  By Sramana Mitra : According to a report from Gartner , Android-based smartphones and tablets will account for 1.1 billion devices worldwide in 2014, recording a growth of 26% over the year. Total shipments of PCs, tablets, smartphones, and mobile phones will grow 7.6% this year to 2.5 billion…

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• Central Banks' Efforts Fade Fast

  By Dean Popplewell : This year was always going to be about central banks and their interest rate decisions. So far, no asset class can be disappointed, because tagging along with central bank decisions is volatility, a word that could "not" be applied to the forex market over the past…