CNBC Ratings Prove Investors Just Don’t Care + MORE

Both Vodafone Group and BP have a lot of value tied up in minority investments.    

When you're the leader of the free world, you can make a few investment mistakes and still do pretty well.
You are guaranteed an annual pension of just under $200,000 for the rest of your life and can make millions more giving speeches. Former President Bill Clinton made $13.4 million for the 54 speeches he gave in 2011, almost a quarter of a million each on average…

Utility stocks are often referred to as “widow and orphan” investments…
Shares of utility companies have been a mainstay of conservative portfolios everywhere for generations. For risk-averse investors (such as widows and orphans), utility stocks have offered price stability, reliable income and minimal risk…

To clarify the Patriot Act rules, yes banks must confirm your identity when you are a NEW customer. For an existing customer opening additional accounts they do not. This is simply Ally’s overcautious policy for some reason.

Arch Coal has been through the wringer, but are better days on the horizon?    

May 29 (Bloomberg) — Charles Biderman, chief executive
officer of TrimTabs Investment Research Inc., says the TrimTabs
Float Shrink ETF has outperformed the broader market over the
past year. Bloomberg Radio’s Catherine Cowdery reports on
Exchange Traded Funds.

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LONDON — On the face of it, there’s little similarity between mobile operator Vodafone and oil major BP . But they have one significant feature in common: Both have a substantial amount of their value tied up in minority interests over which they do not have control…

I am fascinated with the stock market and with media — not just because both are passions of mine, but also because both fields are very much in the midst of a painful transition. So it’s fun to find areas where these two spheres of influence overlap.
And that’s just what I found when perusing the recent ratings for CNBC and Fox Business Network…