The News Review:
- The 4 Best Words of Investing Advice
- Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
- The One Gotta-Have Retirement Investment
- Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
- Blackstone interested in investing in several Latvian industries
- Fear of investing in Zimbabwe shifts to optimism
The 4 Best Words of Investing Advice
Motley Fool – Apr 3, 2008
In the latter category, you might have something like this: “It just doesn’t matter how high the price is — buy all the Enron you can. ”
And while you can spend all day listing smart and useful investment advice, I got to thinking about great advice that is limited to four words. Let’s check the results. “Buy what you know”This is probably the second-most-famous four-word piece of investing advice.
Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
Bloomberg – Apr 3, 2008
The ticker symbols and portfolio names are: — PNXQ – PowerShares NASDAQ NextQ Portfolio– PQSC – PowerShares FTSE NASDAQ Small Cap Portfolio "We are pleased to be back at the NASDAQ Stock Market celebratingthe listing of two new innovative ETF portfolios," said Bruce Bond,president and CEO of PowerShares. "Today's listings bring the totalnumber of PowerShares portfolios to more than 110, making our ETFlineup one of the broadest and most comprehensive in the world. " The PowerShares NASDAQ NextQ Portfolio (PNXQ) is based on the NASDAQQ-50 Index(SM). The Index is designed to track the performance of the50 securities that are next in line to replace the securitiescurrently included in the NASDAQ-100 Index(R).
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The One Gotta-Have Retirement Investment
Motley Fool – Apr 3, 2008
You might also own some bonds, and maybe have some cash in a money-market fund. Lately, you’ve probably also put some thought into your.
Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
Bloomberg – Apr 3, 2008
The Index is intended to give investors an efficient way to trackthe performance of equity securities of selected companies engaged inthe coal industry. It is calculated using a modified marketcapitalization weighting methodology. The Index is weighted based onthe market capitalization of each of the component stocks, modified toconform to various asset diversification requirements, which areapplied in conjunction with the scheduled quarterly adjustments to theIndex. The value of the Index is disseminated every 15 seconds betweenthe hours of approximately 9:30 a.
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Blackstone interested in investing in several Latvian industries
Forbes – Apr 3, 2008
‘I may not disclose the plans now, but there are several industries of interest both in Latvia and in the Baltics,’ Nils Melngailis said, mentioning energy, finance, transport and logistics as examples. ‘At present the primary issue is Lattelecom. ‘ Melngailis left Lattelecom on Wednesday after accepting Blackstone’s proposal to represent its interests in the Baltics.
Fear of investing in Zimbabwe shifts to optimism
International Herald Tribune – Apr 3, 2008
Some companies have already taken the plunge. Shares in London of the Africa-focused miner Mwana, which has a nickel project in Zimbabwe, are up 29. 3 percent so far this month and now trade at 53 pence amid talk of an election victory by the opposition. If Mugabe goes, “there will be a rush to get in,” said one South African analyst, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about his colleagues working in Zimbabwe. “People who are already positioned will make a lot of money.