09-30-2014, 08:33 AM
Put down the 10-K filings and the stock screeners. It's time to take a break from the traditional methods of generating investment ideas. Instead, let the crowd do it for you. From hedge funds to individual investors, scores of market participants are turning to social media to figure out which stocks are worth watching. It's a concept that's known as "crowdsourcing," and it uses the masses to identify emerging trends in the market.
How to Trade the Market's Most-Active Stocks - TheStreet
In their study, Norton and Kiatpongsan asked about 55,000 people around the globe, including 1,581 participants in the U.S., how much money they thought corporate CEOs made compared with unskilled factory workers. Then they asked how much more pay they thought CEOs should make. The median American guessed that executives out-earned factory workers roughly 30-to-1—exponentially lower than the highest actual estimate of 354-to-1. They believed the ideal ratio would be about 7-to-1.
Americans Have No Idea How Bad Inequality Is - Business Insider
A Credit Suisse report found that, overall, companies with a market cap greater than US$ 10 billion that have at least one woman on the board of directors outperformed those that had no women at all by 26% for large caps over the six years leading up to 2011.
Stocks With Female Directors Outperform - Business Insider
"Paul McGinley has completely out-thought his opposite number Tom Watson. While the US have looked tired and ineffective in both afternoon sessions, Europe have been a fresh and vital force. "McGinley has employed an intelligent and inspired plan and his man-management has been spot on. By contrast Watson has made tactical errors. "Benching Phil Mickelson, when the team's unofficial 'leader' was desperate to play, made little sense when so many of the Americans were clearly exhausted in a second successive foursomes rout. "The respective captains have named predictable batting orders, but it is difficult to see Europe squandering their deserved and commanding advantage."
BBC Sport - Ryder Cup 2014: Europe take 10-6 lead over United States
Halfway across the globe, in the "sunshine state" of Queensland, Australia, electrical engineer David Smyth says the war waged by some governments and utilities against distributed energy, the term used for power generated by solar panels, is already lost.
Old Energy Is Doing Everything It Can To Stop The Rise Of Solar - Business Insider