News - gyrations
Fury Over Facebook IPO Grows, Lawsuits Mount
23 May 2012, 10:35 am
So now it's day four in the life of "public Facebook" (FB), and setting aside for a moment some
gyrations in the stock price, it's safe to say things are still going to pretty much suck for the social media titan—at least for the foreseeable future. Only a week ago Mark Zuckerberg and the company he founded seemed to be draped in teflon and en route to world domination, whereas today kevlar ...
'I Got Zucked!'-Sudden Wealth Losses Of the Rich
22 May 2012, 10:42 am
While Mark Zuckerberg's daily wealth
gyrations may be new, the phenomena of sudden wealth loss is not. It is now part of the world of wealth, where a growing number of personal fortunes are made and lost in the volatile stock market.
Analysis: Supply bottlenecks: in India, they're no small potatoes
22 May 2012, 7:44 am
JALANDHAR, India (Reuters) - Buried in recent monthly data for wholesale prices in India, the wild
gyrations of a humble vegetable tell the tale of an economy trapped in inflation by its own rigidities. Back in December, after a bumper harvest of potatoes, furious farmers dumped tonnes of their crop on roads in protest over a crash in prices: four months later, the annual wholesale inflation ...
Supply bottlenecks: In India, they're no small potatoes
22 May 2012, 6:57 am
By Manoj Kumar JALANDHAR (Reuters) - Buried in recent monthly data for wholesale prices in India, the wild
gyrations of a humble vegetable tell the tale of an economy trapped in inflation by its own rigidities. ...
Comment on The Pathetic gyrations of Tunku Abdul Aziz by Philip
18 May 2012, 9:40 am
Dear Din, Tunku Aziz's latest output brought me to dismay. If you may recall, I had preferred to believe the timing of his remarks on Bersih 3.0, his resignation from DAP and venting over ntv7 are more due to bad judgment than more nefarious motives. I had thought it premature to accuse him of being "bought over by Umno", because time will tell us the truth in due course. I was wrong. It's now ...
Low-Volatility ETFs to Protect Against Market gyrations
2 May 2012, 7:00 am
After the wild market oscillations in 2011, many investors have become guarded in their equities allocations. Meanwhile, exchange traded funds that track the “low volatility” theme have made their way ...