• Will Silver Make A Comeback?

  By Lior Cohen : Despite the recent fall in the price of silver during last week, silver is still up in January. Will silver resume its upward trend in the coming weeks? Let's analyze the recent developments that may affect silver ( SLV ). The rally in silver price has also reflected in the rise…

• King to step down from Sainsbury

  Retail group's shares drop after chief announces July departure as company's commercial director, Mike Coupe, announced as successor

• 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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• Bumper Turkish rate hike sends lira surging, world stocks rally

  LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey's lira saw its biggest jump in five years on Wednesday after the central bank stunned investors with a huge rate hike designed to staunch and reverse a major flight from risk.

• Japan PM Abe voices hope BOJ will sustain bold stimulus

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed hope on Wednesday that the central bank will maintain its bold monetary stimulus to revive the economy and end deflation.

• Daimler CEO succession talk reignites after top executive quits

  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Three Daimler executives are seen as contenders for the top job if CEO Dieter Zetsche's contract is not extended in 2016, following the sudden departure of a senior executive who was a candidate for the role.

• Special Situations Update: NuPathe Correction

  By Jae Jun : I was wrong on the NuPathe special situation math yesterday. I also chose not to rehash every piece of available information for obvious reasons. I just see no need to rewrite everything that has already been said about the deal. However, there is a vital piece of additional information…

• Carney enters Scots currency debate

  The Bank of England governor enters the Scottish independence debate by reflecting on the currency implications of a "Yes" vote in the referendum.

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• Tesla: Time To Take Profits?

  By Bill Maurer : A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article discussing the prospects for another major short squeeze for shares of Tesla Motors ( TSLA ). In the article, I discussed the rising short count combined with low volume, as well as rising analyst estimates. A day after my article, Tesla…

• Equities rally on EM central banks' moves

  Growth-focused benchmarks are rallying and perceived havens are under pressure after developing-economy central banks weigh in to protect their currencies

• 3D - The Printing Revolution - Bust Before The Boom?

  By Serge d'Adesky : The 3D printing revolution has crept up on us on quiet mouse feet, but the crescendo of its rise will soon burst forth like a rhino's stampede. 3D printing will fundamentally change the way we make all the objects of our consumer society: from Q-tips to heart valves, from…

• Nintendo executives take pay cuts

  Nintendo's top executives take temporary pay cuts to atone for a dive in profits following disappointing sales of the company's Wii U games console.

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• IAMGOLD Is Not Really Gold

  By Equity Flux : Gold is used as a source of storing value in times of recession due to its limited supply. A country's economy is based on gold as it is used as collateral for printing money in the market. Even though the gold purchased by India and China amounted to 1000 tonnes each, it did…

• Book Review: Bhansali, Tail Risk Hedging

  By Brenda Jubin : Vineer Bhansali's Tail Risk Hedging: Creating Robust Portfolios for Volatile Markets (McGraw-Hill, 2014) is a book that unfortunately will never reach a mass audience. I say "unfortunately" because by and large investors are horrible risk managers. Most have long-only…

• Stocks: Central banks take center stage

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• Moore's Law, Not Apple, Is Driving The Mobile Market

  By Ed McKernan : Although many high technology investors have heard of and know the tenants of Moore's Law, I am certain that few know its full ramifications in the end products and how companies using components that follow it can be left behind in the marketplace. In my previous article , I…

• Turkey Is A Distraction Amid Much Bigger Potential Problems

  By Cullen Roche : I made some comments on Twitter yesterday regarding Turkey and the interest rate hike that the CBRT implemented to try to stave off crisis. The comments didn't include much detail (the whole 140 character thing is limiting) and I don't think my point came across very…

• Honeywell - Growth, Margin Expansion At A Fair Price

  By The Value Investor : Investors in Honeywell ( HON ) are slightly disappointed with a soft outlook for the current first quarter. While Honeywell moves along nicely on its margin expansion trajectory, the current valuation has increased significantly on historical standards . At this point in the…

• Wal-Mart to upgrade China vendor compliance after state TV criticism

  HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Wednesday it will upgrade its vendor compliance process in China, requiring more documentation and making use of a computer-based system to help suppliers manage associated paperwork.

• The EM Line In The Sand

  By Cam Hui : Back in July, I wrote that the key risk to a Fed taper was a rising risk premium and the health of emerging market economies was a key indicator of how the market might re-price risk (see It's the risk premium, stupid! ). Now the blogosphere has been buzzing about how a continuing…