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Brazilian Stocks Among the Few That Miss the Global Rally
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 5:05pm | 1930Read More...How good was the 2013 stock market rally? So good that it was hard to find a stock market around the world that showed a loss on the year, which may be why there's concern the rally was just too big. That said, among the biggest losers was Brazil -- whose benchmark Ibovespa Index fell 15.5...
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Can The Super Bowl, FIFA World Cup Predict The Stock Market?
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 3:50pm | 385Read More...Every winter, millions of Americans gather to watch the biggest football game of the year. Most of them are unaware, however, that the outcome could have an impact on investors' portfolios. Stephen Eckett, author of The UK Stock Market Almanac 2014, has studied the unlikely effects that major...
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EnterpriseJungle Could Become One Of The Biggest Self-Funded Startups
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 2:25pm | 473Read More...EnterpriseJungle, a predictive analytics company, does not have a multi-million-dollar contract with a venture capital firm. It does not have a Board of Directors filled with Silicon Valley's most recognizable names. But as corporate and individual users discover the benefits of EnterpriseJungle...
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Wrestling Hits Back Hard Into The Olympics
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 12:34pm | 442Read More...Michael Novogratz, president of Fortress Investment Group (NYSE: FIG), Princeton University wrestling team alumni and spokesman for the Committee for Preservation of Olympic Wrestling, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday morning to comment on the International Olympic Committee's choice to bring...
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Olympics May Not Produce Continuous Ratings Gold for NBC
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 8:45am | 479Read More...Although the Olympics are known to bring in hundreds of millions of viewers every four years, Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) may have banked too heavily on promoting NBC programs throughout the competition. According to The New York Times, NBC will be unable to maintain its currently high ratings from the...
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Time to Lace-Up ETFs with Footwear Exposure?
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 7:24pm | 529Read More...Shares of Nike (NYSE: NKE), the world's largest maker of athletic footwear, have slipped almost 7% in the past month, but S&P Capital IQ has a bullish outlook on the footwear sub-industry for the next 12 months. In a recent research note, S&P Capital IQ gave Nike a four-star rating, and...
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6 ETFs For The Summer Olympics (XLP, EWU, XLI)
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 2:16pm | 796Read More...This summer, London will become the first city ever to have hosted three Olympic Games. While traders may be watching the action, they may be more interested in how they can trade around the event. More than being a sporting spectacle of epic proportions, the Olympics are a money-maker. A rather...
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London Bridge Isn't Falling Down, Yet
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 8:44am | 460Read More...Rioters across England continued to do their part in reassuring the world that the country will be ready to host the Summer Olympics next year. An increased police presence in London that was credited with ending much of the violence there may be partially to blame for the rioting that has spread...
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Pyongchang, South Korea Wins 2018 Winter Games
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 11:20am | 34Read More...Pyongchang, South Korea has been selected to host the 2018 Winter Games. Benzinga recommends you look at the iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund ETF (NYSE: EWY).
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Top 10 Largest Buildings in the World
Friday, June 4, 2010 - 6:00am | 1158Read More...Looking at the Philadelphia skyline (or any city skyline, for that matter) it is easy to see that in any city the only way to maximize floorspace is to move upward. It is interesting to note that this is not always the case, as the largest building in the world (by floorspace) is a...
