The Wikinvest Daily Angle http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle Market Insight and Commentary from Wikinvest.com Thu, 27 May 2010 07:01:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why Dividend Stocks Rock [wikichart align="right" ticker="INDEX:SPX" showannotations="true" livequote="true" startdate="26-11-2009" enddate="26-05-2010" width="300" height="245"] Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire member Dividend Growth Investor. You can read the full article on DividendGrowthInvestor.com. According to Ned Davis Research, $100 invested in all dividend payers of the S&P 500 index in 1972, would have grown to $2,266 by the end ... http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle/2010/05/why-dividend-stocks-rock/ How Connected Are Oil Majors To The Price Of Oil? Today’s Daily Angle comes fromWikinvest Wire member Hard Assets Investor. You can read the full article on the Hard Assets Investor Blog. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="457" caption="Price comparison of Crude Oil (CL) and the six oil majors (click to enlarge) "][/caption] I've written previously about the problems with using ETFs as an oil proxy. We don't need ... http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle/2010/05/how-connected-are-oil-majors-to-the-price-of-oil/ Hedge Funds Register with SEC Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire member Richard Wilson of HedgeFundBlogger.com. You can read the full article on Richard’s blog. Hedge funds will have to register with the Securities and Exchange Commissionnow. The Senate and House versions of the financial reform bill both require hedge funds over a certain size to register with the ... http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle/2010/05/hedge-funds-register-with-sec/ More European Companies Delist from the NYSE Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire member David Hunkar of TopForeignStocks.com. You can read the full article on David’s blog. [wikichart align="right" ticker="NYX" showannotations="true" livequote="true" startdate="21-11-2009" enddate="21-05-2010" width="300" height="245"]The exodus of European firms from delisting their stocks on the New York Stock Exchange continue to climb. On Friday German auto maker Daimler AG (DAI) became ... http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle/2010/05/more-european-companies-delist-from-the-nyse/ General Motors: On the Road to Recovery, but Moving Slowly Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire members MoneyMorning.com. You can read the full article on the Money Morning blog. General Motors Corp. just logged its first quarterly profit since 2007. The company also claims to have paid back its government loans "in full," and is rumored to be interested in buying back ... http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle/2010/05/general-motors-on-the-road-to-recovery-but-moving-slowly/ Why Euro is Falling Despite the EU/IMF Plan Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire member Kathy Lien of KathyLien.com and FX360.com. You can read the full article on her blog. [wikichart align="right" ticker="FOREX:EURUSD" showannotations="true" livequote="true" startdate="18-11-2009" enddate="18-05-2010" width="300" height="245"]The big story in the financial markets is the mammoth EU/IMF rescue plan. A lot has been written about the ... http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle/2010/05/why-euro-is-falling-despite-the-euimf-plan/ Filling The Switch & Data Gap [wikichart align="right" ticker="NASDAQ:EQIX" showannotations="true" livequote="true" startdate="18-11-2009" enddate="18-05-2010" width="300" height="245"] Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire member Rob Powell of TelecomRamblings.com. You can read the full article on Rob’s blog. For a sector that has been on fire for several years now, the colocation and data center space has had relatively few companies available for ... http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle/2010/05/filling-the-switch-data-gap/ You Say You Are a Market Maker? Great, Act Like One Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire member Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism. You can read the full article on NakedCapitalism.com The drama of financial regulatory reform is, to a considerable degree, playing right into the industry’s hands. I have several pet theories as to why this has happened. One is the fact that the ... http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle/2010/05/you-say-you-are-a-market-maker-great-act-like-one/ Candor Counts Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire member Saj Karsan of BarelKarsan.com. You can read the full article on Saj’s blog. [wikichart align="right" ticker="NUHC" showannotations="true" livequote="true" startdate="13-11-2009" enddate="13-05-2010" width="300" height="245"]When reading through the press releases that most companies issue to announce their quarterly financial results, one can get a pretty good idea of which ... http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle/2010/05/candor-counts/ 2009-2010 Gold Bubble Still Just a Baby Today’s Daily Angle comes from Wikinvest Wire member Tim Iacono of TimIacono.com. You can read the full article on Tim’s blog. Despite all the hoopla about a new all-time high in U.S. dollar terms, the 2009-2010 version of the recurring gold bubble is still quite modest by historical measure, a point that should be ... http://blogs.wikinvest.com/dailyangle/2010/05/2009-2010-gold-bubble-still-just-a-baby/