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[Freelance Blogging] As the top 100 stocks are large-cap oriented, two thirds of these funds are into large caps with only one third of these funds choosing to include only small and/or mid caps exclusively.  Large caps tend to have weaker relative strength compared to small and mid caps.  You were sold “Sector Diversification” - printed on the marketing prospectus.  But you are actually intensifying exposure to weaker relative strength, given the cap-weighted concentration, even if the large caps you have holdings in, are distributed across sectors.

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[Timing The Market] Tech Talk for Tuesday June 22nd 2010 | Timing The Market: Hi Don Juiced ETF,s are working for me, especially HND,HED, and HXD, but dont want to hold more than a few days.Does this seem the best approach at this time.Also Canadian REIT seems a good approach for interest, it pays over 5%, are REITS affected by seasonality? Thanks.

[The Big Picture] Double Dip Debate Escalates | The Big Picture: There was no big whoosh to the downside, but market participants didn’t seem happy that the S&P didn’t put up much of a fight before both the 1100 level and the 200 day moving average were taken out. By day’s end, the NASDAQ’s -1.2% loss was the smallest among the major averages, while the Russell 2000 (-2.15%) and the Dow Transports (-3.85%) were the leaders to the downside.

[The Rates Blog] RBNZ says fixed mortgage rates OK, but floating rates should be ...: Here is an answer given by John Key re what caused the credit crisis. It should be remembered that at about this time in the election campaign he was batting away questions from Labour in regard to his career at Merril Lynch 7 years ago as being that long ago there is no way he could be tied to having any contribution to the current Credit Crisis;

[Capital Market] MARKET REVIEW 18th June, 2010 | Capital Market: Reliance Industrial Infrastructure clocked the highest turnover of Rs 305.68 crore on BSE. Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 292.33 crore), Reliance Industries (Rs 230.27 crore), Reliance Communications (Rs 145.97 crore), and Reliance Power (Rs 140.61 crore) were the other turnover toppers in that order.

[Investegate.co.uk Company Announcements] Gartmore Irish: Annual Financial Report | Company Announcements ...: Capital reserve Capital Capital investment Share Special redemption reserve holding Retained premium reserve reserve realised losses earnings £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 Company Beginning of year 1,101 16,645 3,036 57,128 (34,259) 1,839 Net gains on - - - 13,326 - - sales of investments Investment - - - - 21,943 - holding gains Net (losses)/ - - - (362) 690 - gains on contracts for difference Exchange gains/ - - - 68 (1) - (losses) Tax charge on - - - (37) - - redemption proceeds taxable as overseas dividends Shares purchased - (2,852) 240 (3,180) - - for cancellation Tender offer - (13,793) 690 (6,624) - - Dividends paid - - - - - (1,316) Net surplus for - - - - - 266 the year End of year 1,101 - 3,966 60,319 (11,627) 789

[Capital Market] MARKET REVIEW 17th June, 2010 | Capital Market: Cals Refineries clocked the highest volume of 3.76 crore shares on BSE. Karuturi Global (1.67 crore shares), Reliance Natural Resources (1.59 crore shares), Shree Ashtavinayak Cinema Vision (67.98 lakh shares) and Reliance Communications (60.93 lakh shares) were the other volume toppers in that order.

[NaviaMarkets] Tata Steel drops 3.6 Percentage in weak market share market live ...: Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has reportedly moved the Supreme Court and some high courts to guard against any ex parte decision after insurance regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA)’s decision to challenge Sebi’s ban on unit-linked insurance products (Ulips). On 9 April 2010, Sebi had banned 14 life insurance companies from raising funds through Ulips without its approval.

[Bulkowski's Stock Market Trading Techniques and Research.] Bulkowski's Blog: June 2010: There were 59 chart patterns found this week (excluding horns and pipes) out of 671 stocks searched, or 8.8%. Based only on the percentage of chart patterns found, the general market (not necessarily the indexes) is likely moving sideways (consolidating), creating those chart patterns.

[Cara Community - Comments] Bill Cara's Blog for June 11, 2010 [See post-close report] | Cara ...: Total government debt is still below 50% of GDP, which is well below the ratios of many developed countries, whose government debt-to- GDP ratios typically hover above 60%; (2) favorable demographics”” China’s dependency ratio, a measure showing the degree of dependents (aged 0-14 and over the age of 65) to the total working population (aged 15- 64), has declined from around 50% in early 1990s to below 40% towards late 2000s, and is not expected to rise until at least 2015, according to our estimates;

[The Big Picture] Time To Nuke The Leak? - Part 2 | The Big Picture: Simmons also says that as the leak has no casing, a relief well will not work, and the only possible resolution is, as he said previously, to use a small nuclear explosion to convert the rock to glass. Simmons concludes that as punishment for BP’s arrogance and stupidity the government “will take all their cash.” Now if only our own administration could tell us the truth about what is really happening in the gulf”¦

[WE Blog] Open thread 6/15 | WE Blog | Wichita Eagle Blogs: In a speech given in Lansing, Michigan, Senator Obama called for the completion of the Alaska natural gas pipeline, stating, “Over the next five years, we should also lease more of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for oil and gas production. And we should also tap more of our substantial natural gas reserves and work with the Canadian government to finally build the Alaska natural gas pipeline, delivering clean natural gas and creating good jobs in the process.“

[NaviaMarkets] Oil & gas stocks hog limelights share market news online share ...: SJVN clocked highest volume of 7.18 crore shares on BSE. Cals Refineries (3.79 crore shares), Birla Power Solutions (2.73 crore shares), Unitech (82.14 lakh shares) and Supertex Industries (58.17 lakh shares) were the other volume toppers in that order.

[sudesca.org] “Anomaly - The True Architects of the Economic Crisis?” « sudesca.org: In support of the weak and semi-strong forms, the results of Ball and Brown’s mid-1960’s study (Ball, p. 35) of how the stock market actually responds to announcements of annual earnings suggests that the market anticipates approximately 80% of the new information found in annual earnings before the earnings were actually announced.

[The Big Picture] The Financial Commentator: PARADOX OF THRIFT - SOVEREIGN STYLE ...: According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and based on GDP estimates for 2010, the total debt to GDP ratio for Greece is 124.1%, Italy 118.6%, Portugal is 85.9%, Ireland 78.8%, and Spain’s is 66.9%. The U.S’s debt is 92.6% based on 2010 GDP, and that does not include the debt guarantees for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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