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Composite Portfolio Midday Report (6/10/130

Jun. 10, 2013 12:00 PM ETBGS, AB, XIN, LAD, UMC, KYN, ETV, ACR, KLAC, IVR
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Indexes
Russell 2000 +0.40%
NASDAQ Composite +0.34%
Dow Jones Industrial Average +0.12%
S&P 500 +0.11%
Portfolios
Pretty Girls and Railroads +0.22%
Widows and Orphans +0.20%
Climbers and Dogs +0.19%
Cumulative +0.20%
  • Snowden highlights links between private sector and spies
    Jun 10 2013 12:44 BST
    The National Security Agency's sweeping surveillance of Americans' telephone and internet usage is a stark reminder of just how privatised the core business of security and intelligence gathering has become. Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA, worked as a contractor for Washington defence and technology consulting...
  • Lombard: AstraZeneca looks to pass 'Go' with triple therapy play
    Jun 10 2013 12:35 BST
    If respiratory medicine were a game of Monopoly, AstraZeneca would be a player who has just completed a set of three higher value properties and plans to start building houses. It has agreed to buy Pearl Therapeutics partly because the US group has a drug intended to dry up lung...
  • AstraZeneca: the long slog
    Jun 10 2013 12:28 BST
    Little can be said with certainty about AstraZeneca except that its rebuilding will be expensive and long. Monday's announcement of its purchase of Pearl Therapeutics for as much as $1.15bn illustrates the first point nicely. Privately-held Pearl has two potential treatments for respiratory diseases in development, including one in late-stage...
  • Markets Insight: The Fed has turned markets upside down
    Jun 10 2013 10:29 BST
    Stellar performance across most asset classes has been the norm until recently. Equity markets are up sizeably, and in some cases, like the S&P 500, and even the German Dax, have hit fresh all-time highs. Corporate bond markets are still offering decent returns as well, especially when measured against government...
  • William Hague dismisses US eavesdropping fears
    Jun 10 2013 08:58 BST
    William Hague, foreign secretary, has dismissed as "nonsense" fears that the UK's GCHQ eavesdropping service has been circumventing privacy laws by using data gathered by foreign intelligence systems. Mr Hague is to give a statement to parliament on Monday about allegations that GCHQ had been given access to the US...

Portfolio Movers


Gainers Today's Market Change
B&G Foods Inc
BGS:NYQ
1.83USD+6.27%
AllianceBernstein Holding LP
AB:NYQ
0.84USD+3.44%
Xinyuan Real Estate Co Ltd
XIN:NYQ
0.10USD+2.20%
Lithia Motors Inc
LAD:NYQ
1.16USD+2.12%
United Microelectronics Corp
UMC:NYQ
0.04USD+1.83%
Losers Today's Market Change
Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company
KYN:NYQ
-0.61USD-1.70%
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Bond and Options Strategies Fund
EXD:NYQ
-0.16USD-0.96%
Resource Capital Corp
RSO:NYQ
-0.03USD-0.47%
KLA-Tencor Corp
KLAC:NSQ
-0.19USD-0.33%
Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc
IVR:NYQ
-0.05USD-0.27%

Disclosure: I am long BGS, AB, XIN, LAD, UMC, KYN, EXD, RSO, KLAC, IVR.

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