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October 26, 2015 Europe No Comments

Tech stock rally turns S&P 500 positive for the year

U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, delivering their second gain in two days and pushing the Standard & Poor’s 500 index back into positive territory for the year. Strong quarterly earnings from several big-name technology companies helped rally the market, which has been gradually regaining ground following a swoon in […]

October 24, 2015 Market Wrap No Comments

Market Wrap: Tech lead rally; S&P wipes out loss for year

Posted Oct. 23, 2015 at 5:12 PM Article Source: www.telegram.com Stock Market Stock Market Stock Market

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Corporate angels are former business executives who have retired early or have been replaced. Although investment is one of their goals, they look for personal opportunity at the same time. So, usually they want to acquire a position in the business as part of the deal. But this should be thoroughly discussed since some corporate angels can be too controlling.

In some cases, in fact, it's not even the same fund to begin with. Remember, after a management change, the rating stays with the fund, not the portfolio manager. Therefore, a fund's rating might be based almost entirely on the track record of a manager who is no longer with the fund.