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Which Stocks Are in Bill Gates' Portfolio? Part 1

Posted by L Levin on March 28, 2011 at 9:23am
Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft (MSFT) and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is America’s richest man. Naturally the stock portfolio of anyone with his net worth would pique an investor’s curiosity. So Investment Underground took a look at Gates’ portfolio of 28 stocks. Gates has a wide range of stocks, with the most concentrated in financial industries—almost 48% of his portfolio.            http://seekingalpha.com/article/260306-which-stocks-are-in-bill-gates-portfolio-part-1?source=hp_wc&wc_num=2
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The trading wars will be won by computers,but there will always be enough fish for the skilled fisherman

Posted by Aadil on March 27, 2011 at 7:30pm

‎"Social media can do for traders what simulated computer programs do for 
wanna-be chess masters."

‎"Social media is important not only in terms of its discovery function, but also in terms of faster development of talent. It accelerated the learning curve and it produced hundreds of new great traders. "

 

http://ivanhoff.com/2011/03/27/social-media-and-the-creation-of-better-traders/

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S&P notched its best week since early December. But low volume, and the market's uncanny ability to withstand bad news, spurred questions about the rally's strength.

Posted by Aadil on March 26, 2011 at 2:22pm

"Overall, I keep looking at the pluses and minuses and this week has been spectacular with respect to everybody ignoring the minuses," said Kim Caughey Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/25/us-markets-stocks-idUSTRE72K1HS20110325

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Yesterday's weak durable goods number as the key sign things are heading south for U.S. manufacturing

Posted by L Levin on March 25, 2011 at 3:37pm
Indeed, surveys of industrial activity have been remarkably firm, but maybe it’s because these company executives are merely reporting what they’ve seen in their share price. What is happening on the expenditure side is a different story. U.S. durable goods new orders unexpectedly fell in February for the fourth time in the past five months, slipping 0.9% on the month (the consensus was looking for +1.2% ― and the stock market still rallied and in style to boot). Practically every sector was down. What is key for GDP is the core capital goods orders measure (nondefense capital goods new orders excluding aircraft) ― slid 1.3% after a 6% plunge in January. This is the steepest first back-to-back decline since January 2009.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/david-rosenberg-manufacturing-2011-3#ixzz1HcsZyFip
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Barclays probed over Libor manipulation claims

Posted by L Levin on March 25, 2011 at 3:10pm

Barclays is one of four banks at the centre of a probe led by US and UK regulators into the possible manipulation of the Libor rate between 2006 and 2008.  

According to the Financial Times, investigators are trying to determine whether the bank contravened 'Chinese Wall' rules to exploit Libor. Central to the investigation is whether too much information was shared between the bank's treasury arm and its traders.        http://www.citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/barclays-probed-over-libor-manipulation-claims/a481676

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