Balchunas on an ETF that Focuses on Private Equity (Audio) + MORE

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Unlike Apple , which has the Mac OS for computers and iOS for devices, Google has two operating systems equally capable of powering smartphones and tablets.
Why should investors care? Infighting. Signs point to Google building, say, a Chrome OS powered Nexus tablet in-house and then selling against Samsung and its line of Android-powered tabs…

March 8 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas
takes a look at the PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity
Portfolio, which has gained 12.3 percent since the start of the
year. Bloomberg Radio’s Catherine Cowdery reports on Exchange
Traded Funds.

Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction.
Labeled "The Greatest Moment in Financial History" by financial news website Business Insider and reminiscent of the dragout, verbal battles made popular on TV shows like Jerry Springer, billionaire and activist investors Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman verbally attacked one another during a recent CNBC interview…

Four Reasons to Buy priceline.com

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Thursday March 7.
Suntrust’s (STI) Watershed Moment
Next Thursday is going to feature a "watershed moment" for regional banks, as the results of the new round of stress tests are going to be announced…

Your age is not a problem at all and the fact that you are here asking these questions is as good an indicator of future success as I can think of.First concentrate on rebuilding a real emergency fund – using credit cards and an expensive moderately aggressive mutual fund won’t cut it. See http://www…

In focus this week; a Buffett screen for stocks, the new miracle stock picking system and this week’s Slap in the Face Award.
Rueters’ John Kozey recently ran a stock screen that was designed to mimic the criteria Warren Buffet is known to use when selecting stocks. The 30 stocks the screen kicked out are on your screen now:
Mosaic (NYSE: MOS)
Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM)
PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG)
Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD)
Nucor (NYSE: NUE)
Eastman Chemical (NYSE: EMN)
Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI)
General Mills (NYSE: GIS)
Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM)
Sysco (NYSE: SYY)
Hershey (NYSE: HSY)
Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB)
Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE)
Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI)
Transocean (NYSE: RIG)
Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW)
CSX (NYSE: CSX)
Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC)
Cummins (NYSE: CMI)
Paccar (NYSE: PCAR)
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR)
Tyco International (NYSE: TYC)
Parker Hannifin (NYSE: PH)
Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK)
Dover (NYSE: DOV)
Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK)
Republic Services (NYSE: RSG)
Fluor (NYSE: FLR)
None of these will be found in the “stock-of-the-month club…

In tech, everyone is looking for the next Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). Or at least, the next Apple before it became the new Apple.
Anyway, you get the idea.
The point is, companies that use innovative, easy-to-use technology to connect consumers with important information are tomorrow’s big winners.
And for prospective homebuyers, companies like Zillow (NASDAQ:Z), Trulia (NYSE:TRLA), ZipRealty (NASDAQ:ZIPR) and privately held Redfin could be game-changers on the same scale as the first generation the iPhone…