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US Home Prices Surge Despite Distress

By Diana Olick | CNBC   For nine straight months, national home prices have been in the positive, and the […]

Making Buffett’s Alpha Your Own

From http://seekingalpha.com/article/1107001-making-buffett-s-alpha-your-own Much has been written about Warren Buffett’s investment acumen and philosophy. After all, the Oracle of Omaha’s personal […]

Byron Wien Announces “The Ten Surprises” for 2013

By Prieur du Plessis, from investmentpostcards, Byron Wien, Vice Chairman of Blackstone (BX 16.76 ↑1.82%) Advisory Partners, yesterday issued his list […]

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Doesn’t Care About Profit Margins

  By Businessweek- http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-08/amazons-jeff-bezos-doesnt-care-about-profit-margins#r=hpt-ls January in retail is a little bit like the off-season of a professional sports league. Teams dust themselves off […]

75 Economic Numbers From 2012 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

Compiled by Michael of Investment Watch blog, What a year 2012 has been!  The mainstream media continues to tell us […]

Give the Gift of Capitalist Understanding

The enormous tragedy for young people today is that so many are sealed off by law from any involvement in […]

Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson Just Did The Hardest And Smartest Thing Any Investor Can Do

By Henry Blodget, Business Insider, Venture capitalist Fred Wilson, of Union Square Ventures, has helped his firm post some of […]

Amazon Is Not A Commerce Company

By Alex Williams, From http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/30/amazon-is-not-a-commerce-company/ Same-day shipping became the big retailer craze this holiday season. Why? As the New York Times points […]

Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks

By Associated Press- AP Nasdaq’s 10 most active stocks at the close of trading NEW YORK (AP) — A look […]

Ford on track to sell 2.2 million cars in U.S. this year

By Deepa Seetharaman- Reuters DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co is on track to sell 2.2 million cars under its […]