• Seagate: Decent Fundamentals But Fairly Valued

  By Bottom Up Investing: Seagate Technology PLC ( STX ), the hard disk drive provider, reported first half of fiscal 2014 results that disappointed investors. Sales of the firm are slumping as consumers elect to purchase mobile devices that are manufactured with solid state drives rather than…

• Osborne's 'Budget for resilient UK'

  George Osborne is expected to announce measures to encourage housebuilding, help businesses cut their energy bills and raise personal tax allowances in his Budget.

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• JPM sells commods trading arm to Mercuria

  The acquisition, which is expected to close later in the year, will lift Mercuria into the top tier of commodities traders

• Defining A Fast Growing Investment Trend: 'Smart Beta'

  By Aniket Ullal : If finance were high fashion, 'smart beta ETFs' would be the showcase of this year's Spring collection. They are receiving a lot of press attention and surveys of institutional investors show that they plan to increase their adoption of smart beta ETFs. In this article,…

• Armada Hoffler: Developing A Path To Outperformance

  By Dane Bowler : The Buy Thesis Armada Hoffler ( AHH ) is underpriced presently for a variety of reasons, each of which will be described in more detail later in this article: Its geographic area (Virginia) is out of favor due to low government activity Small market cap New and…

• SA PRO: Top Long And Short Ideas, Tuesday March 18

  Today's Top Ideas Released at 5:00 am, March 18. PRO subscribers get an exclusive early look at these ideas for 24 hours. Top Ideas often move stocks during the initial 72 hours after publication. Hillenbrand International (Short) : Acquisitions have masked a decline in organic growth in 3 of the…

• Hillenbrand International: Why Shares Present A Compelling Short Opportunity

  By Investor Protector : Thesis Hillenbrand International ( HI ) management had a choice 4 years ago to manage the Batesville casket business for cash flow and return capital to shareholders, or to diversify away from the casket business. Management chose diversification, and that decision, so…

• The Tortoise Strategy: Part 8 - Don't Buy Philip Morris Now At 4.7% Yield; Get Paid 9.7% To Wait

  By Richard Berger: This is part 8 in a continuing series of articles discussing building a portfolio of dividend income equities. The strategy seeks to use value investing principles and apply them to stable companies offering reliable dividends. Further safety is sought by diversifying through a…

• Investing With Geeknet May Provide Substantial Return

  By Retail Maven: At the beginning of the last century many traveling circuses had a staff of geeks. Geeks were the freaky entertainers who perform unmentionable acts such as biting off the heads of live chickens and swallowing them. Today 'Geek' means a socially estranged person who protects…

• Qualcomm, There Is More Fun To Be Had

  By Equity Flux : Qualcomm Inc. ( QCOM ) is a technology company operating in the communications equipment industry. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Note that this is a qualitative analysis of the company; the financial analysis and cash flow based…

• Lloyds taps insurance veteran for board

  Nick Prettejohn to become non-executive director after stepping down from Prudential Regulation Authority earlier this month

• New £1 coin to combat counterfeiting

  A new £1 coin, modelled on the old threepenny bit, is set to be introduced in 2017 to combat counterfeiting.

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