Recent markettech's Commentaries
A Message from Louis B. Mendelsohn -...
Europe, China, and The U.S. Real Estate MarketA recent Reuters' poll of 600 economists suggests the world economy will lose momentum in 2012, but it will keep moving forward, albeit slowly. The main determinant for this outcome was that the European financial crisis would be a drag on global gro...
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Tags: europe | china | real-estate | eurozone | global-economic-growth | ecb
A Message from Louis B. Mendelsohn -...
The New Year Could Present Opportunity The market came through 2011 with minimal improvement, so those who are in buy and hold portfolios saw little gain, if any. This might seem less than satisfactory, unless you added to your investments on the back of the irrational fears driving the market f...
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Tags: economy | europe | debt | china | united-states | vantagepoint | oil
Joy Global Inc. switches to NYSE and changes...
December 6, 2011 Mining equipment maker Joy Global transferred its stock to the New York Stock Exchange and began trading under the new ticker symbol JOY.
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Tags: service-bulletins
A Message from Louis B. Mendelsohn -...
Finally, This Year Is Closing Out and 2012 Is Beginning This past year was quite the year in the market. The first quarter began strongly, and then in March it seemed the world was falling apart, at least it seemed that way in Japan. The horrific images of the ocean flooding over the northern p...
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Tags: japan | global-markets | commodity-markets | thailand | arab-spring | unemployment | middle-east | oil | europe | debt
Electronic Arts Changed NASDAQ Ticker Symbol...
December 15, 2011 Electronic Arts announced that its NASDAQ ticker symbol changed to EA from ERTS. The new symbol became effective on the open of trading on Tuesday, December 20, 2011.
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A Message from Louis B. Mendelsohn -...
One Eye On Europe The Other On Economic Fundamentals At some point in the future, Europe will not dominate the daily financial news. Perhaps that point will be in March, as that is the date the latest EU summit set to have the new treaty amendments in place. Perhaps, but probably not, unless so...
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Tags: europe | global-economy | china | united-states | pni | pmacd | vantagepoint
Vision Eye Institute Limited – Change of...
Nov. 7, 2011- The ASX has confirmed that the name of Vision Group Holdings Limited has been changed to Vision Eye Institute Limited and the ASX Code has been changed from VGH to VEI.
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Tags: service-bulletins
A Message from Louis B. Mendelsohn -...
The Future Is a 50-50 Proposition The market is a fickle creature. True, this is not original thinking, but, sometimes, stating the obvious can hammer a point worth making, and this is a point worth making - Because of unprecedented volatility, the market is difficult and dangerous to navigate a...
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Tags: europe | ecb | global-economy
A Message from Louis B. Mendelsohn -...
Europe's Problems Are The World's Problems, But Opportunities Still Exist The path of least resistance these days is to write about the European debt crisis. The problems there are grave, and their solutions rest in the ability of the loosely linked governments in the Eurozone to work together. ...
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Tags: europe | debt | ecb | volatility | japan | china | apec
Trading on NASDAQ:CHINA has been halted...
October 12, 2011- CDC Corp. (NASDAQ: CHINA) disclosed that its Chairman Kuo Fung Ch'ien has resigned. Trading on CHINA shares has been halted since October 5 but the company will appeal its delisting notification.
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A Message from Louis B. Mendelsohn -...
Mixing Metaphors While Watching The Market Frankly, I am not sure what to say about the global economic outlook and, by extension, the global market. It is as if two competing forces are struggling to gain control over the future. On the one side, the forces of capitalism are fighting hard to r...
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Tags: economic-outlook | capitalism | europe | corporate-earnings | consumer-spending
Fortune Brands - NYSE ticker symbol changed...
October 3, 2011 - Fortune Brands, Inc. announced the separation of its business units with the spin-off of the Fortune Brands Home & Security business. Following the spin-off, Fortune Brands changed its name to Beam Inc. and its NYSE ticker symbol to BEAM.
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Tags: service-bulletins
A Message from Louis B. Mendelsohn -...
What A Year So Far It is mid-way through October, but it seems the end of the year is not coming fast enough. Perhaps it seems this way because of the year that it has been for the global economy and the global financial markets. Looking back at the year thus far, it is a wonder the global econ...
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Tags: economy | financial-markets | japan | oil | gas | debt-crisis | world-markets | europe | united-states | volatility
A Message from Louis B. Mendelsohn -...
Is Another Recession Coming? For some months now, global economic indicators have slid, prompting many to predict a double-dip recession for the global economy. Perhaps this will be, but before jumping on the bandwagon, consider some of the most recent economic indicators. Although not stellar, t...
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Tags: recession | economy | indicators | auto-industry | ism | commodities | oil | consumer-sentiment | fed | vantagepoint | europe
A Message from Louis B. Mendelsohn -...
Things Have Never Been Like This Before Every generation makes the claim, “Things have never been like this before.” In the specific, this is true, but in the general, it is not. For example it is legitimate to claim that the price of gold has never been this high before. Specifically, this is...
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Tags: gold | swiss-franc | us-bonds | history
