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LaFerrari

The latest and greatest supercar from Ferrari, the LaFerrari. If you're one of a lucky 499 to own one. http://www.laferrari.com/en/ Read more...

Mercedes Benz Offers Compelling Incentives to Customers

Luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz is offering people classified as "VIP customers" with discounts of as much as $5,000 per vehicle, and is offering to let its clients forego more monthly payments than the amount offered by rival carmaker BMW.Mercedes IncentivesAn October 2 memo sent to dealers of the Mercedes vehicles revealed that the company has started a 2012 program that includes potent Read more...

Corporate Bond Sales Surge in 2012

The sales of corporate bonds have surged in 2012, approaching the record amount issued in 2009.Near-Record Bond Issues Data compiled by Bloomberg reveals that earlier in October, global conglomerate General Electric Co. sold $7 billion worth of these financial instruments derived from corporate debt. Business application provider Oracle Corp. issued $5 billion worth of these corporate bonds.T Read more...

ICBA petition could save community banks from Basel III

An Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) petition managed to gather almost 15,000 signatures from people asserting that community banks should not be compelled to adopt Basel III, and this widespread opposition could prevent mortgage and business lending from being curtailed.According to an ICBA statement released on October 29, nearly 15,000 bankers signed a document asserting that thes Read more...

Most Americans fail to utilize financial advice, says TIAA-CREF survey

The majority of people who receive financial advice do not act on it, according to a survey that was recently commissioned by major financial services firm TIAA-CREF and conducted by an independent research firm.Survey ResultsOnly one-third of the participants in the survey indicated that after being advised on what to do with their finances, they actually take action. However, almost one-half of  Read more...

Economic Optimism On The Rise!

A larger fraction of Americans consider their financial state to be better than it was a year ago, according to a recent Gallup poll. This is the first time in five years that the share of people who think themselves better off is higher than the amount of people thinking themselves worse off.Improving Sentiment  Data provided by the survey reveals that 38 percent of American participant Read more...

Expert Says S&P Will Surge in Next Two Weeks!

The blue-chip S&P 500 Index will surge 5 percent to reach a new record level in the next two weeks, investing expert Tom DeMark stated recently. He estimated that the benchmark index will rise to a level of 1,480 before global market participants become tired of the benchmark and begin selling it, according to Bloomberg.Accurate ForecasterHaving studied the inflection points for the movements  Read more...

Save Smart for Retirement

Although many people want to retire comfortably, saving the funds needed to do so can be a challenge. Fortunately, there are some simple strategies that people can use to increase the odds that they will be able to save the money they need in order to retire.Saving Is Important Building a cushion of savings is important so that people have a safety net, and they also need these funds if they  Read more...

Great News! Financial Bonds Create Record Returns!

Financial bonds are currently on track to generate their highest annual returns ever, and this robust appreciation has motivated market participants ranging from Pacific Investment Management Co. (Pimco) to DoubleLine Capital LP to predict that the four-year rally will soon come to an end.Sharp Appreciation Index data provided by Bank of America Merrill Lynch indicates that debt-based financi Read more...

U.S. Stocks Surge Past Other Assets for First Time In Almost 20 Years

U.S. Equities are outperforming other asset classes in 2012 for the first time in close to 20 years.S&P surgesData provided by Bloomberg reveals that the benchmark S&P 500 Index has surged 14 percent in 2012, which means that the group of stocks has outperformed commodities, Treasuries, corporate bonds and equities in Asia and Europe.The S&P has not displayed performance this robust si Read more...

These psychological traits could be losing you money right now

You could be losing money right now as a result of following many different psychological traits, according to Business Insider.OverconfidenceOf all the various psychological hindrances identified by behavioral finance, overconfidence may be the easiest to spot, the media outlet reports. Overconfidence in this context involves people having too much faith in their ability to predict what will happ Read more...

Starting a company? Good luck – Venture funding drops in Q3

Startups have had a bit more to be hopeful about with the U.S. economy seeming to be on the upswing. But investors are not proving as cheerful through the first three quarters of 2012, as venture capital dropped once again in the third quarter, according to The Associated Press.The latest numbers from MoneyTree, the quarterly study put out by consulting group PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Nationa Read more...

Starting a company? Good luck – Venture funding drops in Q3

Startups have had a bit more to be hopeful about with the U.S. economy seeming to be on the upswing. But investors are not proving as cheerful through the first three quarters of 2012, as venture capital dropped once again in the third quarter, according to The Associated Press.The latest numbers from MoneyTree, the quarterly study put out by consulting group PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Nationa Read more...

Janus fund provides strong returns with careful bond picks

Gibson Smith and Marc Pinto, who serve as co-managers of the $8.9 billion Janus Balanced Fund, used their research on fixed-income securities to provide investors with the best combination of strong returns and low volatility of asset-allocation mutual funds.Data provided by Bloomberg Riskless Return Ranking indicates that the fund provided investors with a risk-adjusted return of 2.3 percent over Read more...

REITs present many benefits

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) present many benefits for investors. REITs provide opportunities for strong dividends, portfolio diversification, protection from inflation and robust performance.Commercial real estate sectorData provided by the 2012 Research Magazine Guide to REIT Investing indicated that while economic growth in the United States slowed during the first six months of the ye Read more...