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FTSE 250 group Chloride – a supplier of international back-up power– has once again been tipped as a stock ripe for future growth. 
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The first of a new series looking specifically at America as a relocation destination for British expatriates – focusing on whether America is the right choice, and which criteria you need to apply to the consideration process when thinking about whether you should move to the United States.

It was an extremely volatile week for the whole of the asset classes in our Top Down Portfolio, with major international equity markets erasing early year’s gains, commodity prices falling and carry trades losing momentum. The only exception was the NOK/SEK exchange rate, which was little changed ahead of the 3 February Norges Bank monetary policy meeting that may see the CB hiking rate to 2%. Our base scenario is that the Bank will not tighten until the March 24 monetary policy … [visit site to read more]

Who is George Demos? A former enforcement lawyer in the New York office of the SEC, currently running for Congress from Long Island.

Who is Peter Sivere? A former compliance employee at JP Morgan (JPM).

Sivere crossed paths with Demos in 2004 while providing information related to an investigation of questionable mutual fund trading activity. In the midst of Sivere’s engagement with the SEC, his confidence was violated. I highlighted this reality the other day in writing, “The SEC … [visit site to read more]

Nowadays when china sneeze, the world will catch a cold. But this past week’s collapse of world major indices seem to be taking its cue from china’s move to tighten credit crunch and it seem more than just a normal flu bug or could it be the more deadly H1N1 virus. I have a bearish stand on property stocks with  heavy China exposure and below is my view on some of the counters includingCapitaland, Yanlord , Panhong and Yingli. This sector will be the shortist’s paradise in the coming … [visit site to read more]

That’s just one illustration of how politicians’ past promises end up costing more than they ever expect. And it’s chump change when you ponder this…

This comes courtesy of Gene Steuerle, author of a column appropriately entitled “The Government We Deserve.” It’s a complicated metric, but it works like this: Take all the federal spending deemed “mandatory” (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, interest on the debt). Then measure it as a percentage of all the tax revenue Uncle … [visit site to read more]

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.’s (TROW) fourth quarter 2009 earnings of 57 cents per share came in ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 55 cents due to higher-than-expected top-line growth and higher assets under management (AUM). Earnings per share were drastically up from 9 cents in the prior-year quarter. Net income applicable to common shareholders increased sevenfold to $152.5 million from $24.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Net revenue increased 30.5% to $542.6 million from … [visit site to read more]

Dominion Resources Inc. (D) fourth quarter 2009 EPS was 63 cents, within company’s guidance range of 55 to 65 cents and above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 60 cents. However, the quarterly EPS declined versus last year’s EPS of 73 cents. The earnings drag during the quarter is attributed to higher outage costs, unfavorable weather in the regulated electric service territory and higher depreciation and amortization expenses.
Dominion reported full-year operating earnings of $3.27 per … [visit site to read more]

The latest in news, commentary, and information on what’s moving the US equities markets. … [visit site to read more]

The holiday season was very good to Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) as the world’s most recognized online retailer reported fourth-quarter EPS and sales that soared year over year and beat expectations.
A day after Apple introduced the iPad, which is likely to be big competition for the blockbuster Kindle eReader, AMZN announced that net sales jumped 42% to $9.52 billion, compared to last year’s $6.7 billion.
Earnings per share came in at 85 cents, or approximately 18% better than the Zacks … [visit site to read more]