Penn Virginia (PVA) – Billionaire George Soros owns almost 9% of PVA and the company has officially put itself up for sale, hiring an investment bank to find a buyer for the company.Whiting Petroleum (WLL) – Billionaire John Paulson owns more than 6% of Whiting Petroleum. Paulson is an expert at M&A and merger speculation, and Whiting has also officially put itself up for sale, hiring consultants and investment banks to sell the company or assets. ...
Do you remember early 2014 when every Wall Street analyst and economist said that T-bonds would be the worst investment for the year and people should sell them? As it turned out, for the 13 months ending January 31, 2015 T-bonds had the best performance of almost any investment sector. The Vanguard ETF investing in long-term T-bond zeroes, was up more than 51% for that time. What do we have so far in 2015? GDP growth in ...
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Taiwan stocks fell on Friday ahead amid worries about growth, particularly in its all-important tech businesses. However, shares are likely to recover and continue a rally that has added 14% to the main index of the Taiwan Stock Exchange in the past year, according to a report last week by Nomura Securities. The index lost 33.78 points to 9,820.05 on Friday. Looking ahead, flat U.S. interest rates will lead international investors to ...
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