Salient to Investors: Smaller stocks are outperforming larger stocks in 2012. Top sector is healthcare, followed by consumer discretionary, telecom and financials. Bottom is utilities, followed by energy, industrials, technology, consumer staples and materials. Read the full article at http://seekingalpha.com/article/884011-best-performing-russell-3-000-stocks-and-sectors-in-2012?source=intbrokers_regular
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jim Chanos at Kynikos Associates says: He expects declines in companies that may be inexpensive compared with earnings, like in natural gas, which have enormous cash needs, and iron-ore producers, where industry capacity will expand globally even as demand stalls because of China’s slowdown A number of high-profile natural gas companies may be in financial
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Microsoft is expected to sell its own brand tablet running Windows 8 to try to win back consumers of Apple’s iPad. Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Partners said other PC makers have limited recourse since Apple doesn’t license its software and Google will probably make its own tablets through
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