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The Indian government’s decision to allow foreign nationals to invest directly in stock markets is an attempt to revive its reform agenda but any benefits will only be seen long-term, analysts say. The move to liberalise share-trading was announced on January 1 amid growing concern over India’s slowing growth rate and an exodus of overseas capital during 2011. [...]
Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc warned that its fourth-quarter 2011 revenue would miss Wall Street expectations as it was weighed down by tough competition and legal expenses in what is usually the best quarter of the year. The company, which has agreed to be bought by Google Inc, forecast fourth-quarter sales of $3.4 billion, below analyst expectations for revenue of [...]
Stocks have strayed from their recent link to euro moves, and the start of U.S. corporate earnings next week could help shift investor focus back to U.S. fundamentals from Europe. Stocks have traded in line with the euro over the autumn, with both experiencing sharp swings on headlines from the euro zone. That trend may be changing, [...]
The stock market offered a reminder Friday that even if the U.S. job market is improving, there’s plenty to worry about elsewhere in the world. The unemployment rate fell in December to 8.5 percent, the lowest level in nearly three years. Yet stock indexes teetered between small gains and losses all day as traders fretted about Europe’s ongoing financial drama. [...]
It’s hard not to be frustrated by the unceasing volatility in the markets, but certain sectors should still be excellent buys on any pullbacks heading into year-end, writes MoneyShow.com senior editor Tom Aspray. After the prior week’s 7.3% gain in the S&P 500, last week was bound to be a disappointment. Nevertheless, the relatively flat performance [...]
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 12/13/11, NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.30, payable on 12/30/11. As a percentage of NYX’s recent stock price of $26.95, this dividend works out to approximately 1.11%. Below is a dividend history chart for NYX, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent [...]
Europe’s stock markets and the euro rallied on Wednesday, boosted by a newspaper report that EU leaders were close to massively increasing their bailout fund for troubled eurozone economies. But a downgrade of Spain’s credit rating tempered the mood and reports the German government is slashing its 2012 growth forecast, in the run up to [...]
The policy on equitizing foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) is being reconsidered, after experts gave warnings about the foreign capital withdrawal through the equitization, which may cause bad impacts on the national economy. The Decree 38 promulgated in 2003 once set up strict regulations on the equitization and share listing of FIEs, which were established [...]
In a year when stocks around the world are getting cheaper, Indonesian shares are growing more expensive as surging profits lure Asia’s biggest investors. The Jakarta Composite Index’s 11 percent advance this year lifted its valuation to 15 times estimated profit, the highest level among 45 benchmark stock gauges tracked by Bloomberg and a record 36 [...]
“The possibility remains that the recent economic weakness may prove more persistent than expected and that deflationary risks might reemerge, implying a need for additional policy support,” Bernanke told the House Financial Services Committee in Washington today. The Fed “remains prepared to respond should economic developments indicate that an adjustment of monetary policy would be [...]