Written by Heather Bell in indexuniverse.com
Monday, 31 March 2008 16:57

Dow Jones has come out with a new index that puts its own twist on the popular 130/30 investing strategy used by hedge funds. (more…)

By NAUREEN S. MALIK in BARRON’S
Thursday, March 27, 2008

SOARING OIL PRICES HAVE BEEN an unexpected thorn in the side of profit growth at mega-cap oil companies. (more…)

Using Transparent Value’s Required Business Performance Methodology, the new indexes measure the likelihood that a company can deliver the performance to support its stock price

NEW YORK – March 11, 2008 – Do you know how many iPods Apple needs to sell, auctions eBay needs to list, and packages FedEx needs to ship to support their stock prices? (more…)

The Evolution of an Investor
by Michael Lewis  December 2007 Issue
Blaine Lourd got rich picking stocks. But then he realized that everything he thought he knew about the markets was wrong. And he’s not alone.  (more…)

Measuring Stock Market Performance
TRS doesn’t reflect a company’s performance or health. What does?
McKinsey Web exclusive, October 2005, republished in the McKinsey Quarterly, September 2007
By Richard Dobbs and Timothy Koller

Earlier McKinsey research1 has explored how investors can assess a company by examining its past performance and its health—that is, its ability to sustain performance over the long run. (more…)

Fast Company

Parental Consent
In India, companies discover that when it comes to winning talent, mom and dad can help.
From: Issue 111 | December 2006 | Page 45 | By: Jennifer Alsever

When Himabindu Marichetty showed up to talk about a job at software development firm Virtusa in Hyderabad, India, the 24-year-old college grad wore a traditional Asian outfit called a salwar kameez and brought a rĂ©sumĂ©, her handbag–and her father. (more…)

ETFs Draw Venture Capital’s Attention
Investors Run the Gamut From Tech-Centered Firms To Financial Veterans
By DIYA GULLAPALLI
May 18, 2007; Page C11

In the latest sign of the frenzied growth in exchange-traded funds, some start-up companies are attracting a surprising set of new investors — venture-capital firms. (more…)