| 'The Bachelor' star Andy Baldwin eliminates three more bachelorettes
The 12 remaining bachelorettes on The Bachelor's tenth installment are Amanda, a 26-year-old financial analyst who currently resides in Dallas, TX; Amber, a 23-year-old teacher who currently resides in Sugar Land, TX; Bevin Powers, a 28-year-old clinic research coordinator who currently resides in Palo Alto, CA; Danielle Imwalle, a 25-year-old graphic designer who currently resides in Bethel, CT; Erin Parker, a 24-year-old financial analyst who currently resides in Dallas, TX; Kate Brockhouse, a 24-year-old boutique owner who currently resides in Charleston, SC; Nicole Clary, a 26-year-old sales manager who currently resides in Charleston, SC; Peyton, a 24-year-old sorority recruiter who currently resides in Dallas, TX; Stephanie Tipper, a 27-year-old organ donor coordinator who currently resides in Folly Beach, SC; Stephanie W., a 23-year-old project manager who currently resides in Overland Park, KS; Tessa Horst, a 26-year-old social worker who currently resides in San Francisco, CA; and Tina, a 26-year-old medical student who currently resides in Hollywood, CA.
The Spin on This Sector Rotation ETF
Rotating investments from one industry sector to another to try to beat the market sounds like a lot of work. Whether this is a profitable strategy is another question. For investors who lack the skill or the time to do this efficiently, the Claymore/Zacks Sector Rotation (AMEX: XRO) ETF is a fund that does the rotating for you. The exchange-traded fund uses a proprietary quantitative method developed by Zacks Investment Research to identify and invest in sectors with potentially superior risk-return profiles compared with the S&P 500. A look 'round the indexZacks culls 100 candidates for the index from the 1,000 largest U.S. equities and American Depositary Receipts listed on U.S. exchanges. Zacks uses a multifactor selection process to analyze 16 sectors and allocates assets to those offering the greatest risk/return potential using relative value, insider trading, price momentum, earnings growth, earnings estimate revisions, and earnings surprises, as well as quantitative macroeconomic factors.
Study Shows that Affluent Investors Prefer Dow Jones News
NEW YORK, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) today released the results of its Affluent Investor Study conducted by Beta Research. The study revealed that affluent investors trust, value and make investment decisions more frequently and more confidently with Dow Jones News and news products than with any other source. Among other highlights, the study showed that The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires ranked first and second, respectively, in terms of familiarity among financial news sources and as the sources that affluent investors rely on when making investment decisions. Additionally, the study found the Dow Jones family of products, including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Barron's, SmartMoney and MarketWatch, was ranked as most credible and the preferred financial news source by more than 50% of the survey respondents.
Mortgage Bondholders May Bear Subprime Loan Risk (Update4)
April 10 (Bloomberg) -- The top Democrat and Republican on the House Financial Services Committee said investors in mortgage bonds should be liable for deceptive loans made by banks. Democratic Chairman Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Spencer Bachus of Alabama, the committee's highest-ranking Republican, said such legislation would discourage lenders from extending loans to people with poor credit histories by making it more difficult and expensive for the banks to sell the mortgages. ``More money was being lent than should have been lent,'' Frank said in an interview from Washington. Frank, who last month predicted that the House would approve such a bill this year, said growth in the market for mortgage bonds ``provided liquidity without responsibility.'' An agreement by the two lawmakers may increase the likelihood legislation will be passed this year.
Trading game attracts students
SHANGHAI: More than 4,000 university students have registered for an online virtual stock trading competition that begins today. Organized by the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics' Stock Studies Society, the game is the first of its kind for the city and has attracted entrants from its 17 universities. Nilson Lin, a finance major and president of the society, told China Daily that the competition would run for one month and be based on real data from the Shanghai stock market. He said: "The competition will be run via our website at www.shufestock.com. "Each person starts with 200,000 yuan (about $26,000) start-up capital, which they can then use to buy and sell stocks using actual data from the Shanghai stock market. "When the competition ends on May 10, the person with the most money in their virtual bank account will be declared the winner, and collect 10,000 yuan (about $1,300) in real cash." With such high levels of interest in the competition, some have suggested it might lead to students neglecting their studies.
Investing Systems: 'Half Price Sale on Stock Picking Software ...
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Investing Systems announced the limited time release of annual licenses to the Stock Picker RT software for less than half the regular price. "The market has been tough on short-term traders lately," said William McKinley, President of Investing Systems. "We saw some really great picks this week and want as many people as possible to be able to take advantage of the momentum scan." The scan that powers the Stock Picker RT produces a short list of stock picks every trading day as the market opens based on momentum and other indicators. The picks are identified by technical and fundamental criteria. "This is our best-selling stock picking software for the last two years," McKinley said. "Our users get a fresh list each day as the market opens and we like to watch as the leaders of the day emerge." The software, which is delivered on CD ROM will scan the market for stock picks with a single click or can be set to scan automatically at intervals throughout the trading day.
Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Limited
GY1 2JA, or the registered office of Boussard & Gavaudan Asset Management, LP (the "Investment Manager"), 33 Bruton Street, London W1J 6HH, UK.10 April 2007Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Limited ("B&G Holding" or the "Company")(a closed ended investment company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of Guernsey with registration number 45582 and registered office at Trafalgar Court, Admiral Park, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2JA), registered with the Dutch Authority for the Financial MarketsCircular in relation to planned capital increase and Notice of EGMFurther to the announcement released on 27 March 2007, B&G Holding confirms that a Circular has been posted to shareholders and is also available for inspection at the offices of Herbert Smith LLP, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2HS and the registered office of the Company during normal business hours on any business day until the conclusion of the Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") referred to below.
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