• Danger Zone: Tuesday Morning

  By David Trainer : Check out this week's Danger Zone Interview with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life and MarketWatch.com. Discount retailer Tuesday Morning ( TUES ) is in the Danger Zone this week. Brick and mortar stores continue to struggle against the onslaught of online retailers, and TUES is not…

• Probable Consequences Of First Bond Default In China

  It finally happened. A Chinese domestic bond has defaulted. It was the first default since the Chinese central bank (PBOC) started regulating the market in 1997. The unlucky company was Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science and Technology (Chaori). The major question though is this a sign of healthy…

• Crisis? What Crisis?

  By James Picerno : The contentious vote on Sunday in Crimea to secede from Ukraine and join Russia prompted the U.S. and Europe to impose limited sanctions and restrictions on Russian officials, but markets yesterday shrugged off the event. Apparently the risk tied to Russia's annexation of…

• Starbucks And Spindle: A Leg Up On Royalty Programs In Mobile Payments

  By JoeNatural : To say that Starbucks' ( SBUX ) mobile payment app has been a success would be a mild understatement. Per a recent report by Yankee Group , the app handled $1 billion in transactions last year. Already in Q1 2014, Starbucks processed more than 40 million new Starbucks cards…

• Below Tangible Book, You Can Bank On Ambitious HomeTrust Bancshares

  By Stephen Rosenman: The market has assigned premium valuations to banks that have been very active in M&A. Top-tier acquirers like Bank of the Ozarks ( OZRK ), Home BancShares ( HOMB ), Renasant ( RNST ), and PacWest ( PACW ) are valued at more than 3X TBV. Even mediocre financials receive high…

• Nimble Storage Delivers A Successful IPO

  By Sramana Mitra : According to an IDC report, worldwide spending on data storage platforms is expected to grow to $42.5 billion by 2017 as more organizations feel the need for cost-effective data storage options. Further, as enterprises shift to virtualization and the Cloud, there is a bigger…

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• Galena: A Good Investment Gone Bad

  By MTF Investing : For those that have been following the Galena Biopharma's ( GALE ) drama, the recent troubles are all the more frustrating because the company actually has, or had depending on how you look at it, a future. The company has a good product with Abstral that has been…

• U.S. IPO Recap: Castlight Health's 149% Pop Shows Healthy Tech Demand

  By Renaissance Capital IPO Research : Castlight Health ( CSLT ) completed the fourth technology IPO of the year, and its 149% first day return brought the sector's average up to 95% for 2014. Castlight was also the fourth this year to gain at least 100% on the day of its IPO. The first quarter…

• Global High-Yield Dividend ETFs

  In a global economy, today's investors need exposure to international equities to take advantage of the growth and dividend income that they provide. Global High-Yield Dividend ETFs provide a great way to invest in international equities without the elevated risk of unknown individual…

• Barclays executives awarded £32m

  Barclays awards its top executives almost £32m in shares - a drop of almost 25% on last year's handout.

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• A Better Frame Of Reference, Mean Reversion And The S&P 500

  By Ironman at Political Calculations : Whatever happened to the echo effect ? After all, it's been a couple of weeks since we last mentioned in any meaningful way - you would have to look pretty closely at the margin of our favorite chart in our post yesterday to even see it referenced . Even…

• European stocks rally after Putin speech

  US index futures recover early losses and havens shed gains as Russian president's comments prove less bellicose than some had feared

• Alibaba to hold U.S. IPO kick off meeting on March 25

  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will hold the kickoff meeting for its planned U.S. initial public offering on March 25, setting in motion the most high-profile listing since Facebook Inc's offering nearly two years ago, sources familiar with the plans…

• Vaalco Energy: Big Profit In 2013 Will Help Enable Even Bigger CapEx In 2014

  By J.J. McGrath : Vaalco Energy Inc.'s ( EGY ) financial report for last year and its fourth quarter on Thursday was cheered by equity-market participants on Friday as its closing share price soared to $7.12 from $5.98, an advance of $1.14, or 19.06 percent. The stock's volume was more than…

• Consumer inflation muted despite food price spike

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices rose marginally in February, but the lack of inflation pressures will probably not dissuade the Federal Reserve from dialing back its monetary stimulus.

• Fortuna Silver Mines Lost 14% Yesterday But I See No Fundamental Reason For The Drop

  By The Investment Doctor : Introduction In this article I'll have a closer look at Fortuna Silver Mines ( FSM ) which has just reported its financial results for 2013. I'll provide my opinion about the financial results and the company's balance sheet, where after I will briefly…

• Russia signs treaty to annex Crimea

  Preside Vladimir Putin moves swiftly to incorporate Crimea into the Russian Federation following a speech to both houses of the Russian parliament

• MeetMe: Recent Pullback Represents Attractive Buying Opportunity

  By Holmer Coleto : On Monday March 10, 2014, as the leading social network for meeting new people, MeetMe, Inc. ( MEET ) was trading at its peak price in the last several months, $4.17, we witnessed a pullback, which in my opinion represents an attractive buying opportunity. Let me explain: The…

• Daily State Of The Markets: Is China The Source Of The Constant Consternation?

  By David Moenning : For the past week or so, the focus of the market has been all about Crimea and what could happen if the geopolitical tensions continued to mount. Would the referendum take place? Would Russia decide to expand into eastern Ukraine? Would the West do anything besides raise a stink?…

• Bank of England shake-up unveiled

  The Bank of England is to have two new deputy governors - Ben Broadbent for monetary policy and Nemat Shafik in charge of markets and banking.

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