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Why investors should stop buying the biggest funds

Why investors should stop buying the biggest funds

Our analysis of peformance shows why investors should look to smaller funds for the best returns, rather than the bigger, more well-known ones

By Richard Evans, Investment Editor

7:47AM GMT 08 Mar 2014

“Past performance is no guide to the future.” How many investors overlook that ubiquitous warning when they think they have identified a brilliant fund manager? But there may be very good – and unappreciated – reasons why they should take heed. Read more of this post

Are Small Investors a Sell Signal?

Are Small Investors a Sell Signal?

The case for a market top isn’t that clear-cut.

JOE LIGHT

March 7, 2014 1:50 p.m. ET

David Avery used to keep half his 401(k) account in bonds and cash. Last year, the 35-year-old computer programmer moved his entire portfolio into stocks, with one recent purchase being Enanta Pharmaceuticals, ENTA -1.05% a small biotechnology company that posted a loss last quarter. Read more of this post

Missing jet a big blow for struggling Malaysia Airlines

Missing jet a big blow for struggling Malaysia Airlines

POSTED: 08 Mar 2014 20:02
Malaysia Airlines, which was rocked Saturday by the disappearance of one of its planes, has long been a respected name in regional aviation, enjoying an enviable safety record. Read more of this post

lmost all big Chinese cities’ air below standard

Almost all big Chinese cities’ air below standard, says offical

POSTED: 08 Mar 2014 20:42
Air quality was below national standards in almost all of China’s major cities last year, a top environment official said on Saturday, after Premier Li Keqiang pledged to “declare war” on pollution. Read more of this post

Life in the world’s most expensive city

Updated: Saturday March 8, 2014 MYT 7:24:08 AM

Life in the world’s most expensive city

BY SEAH CHIANG NEE

SINGAPOREANS will likely huddle around their TV sets in June to watch World Cup soccer – but only if they pay, once again, a fee higher than anyone else on earth. Read more of this post

Walt Disney, Shanghai Media Group to develop Disney-branded movies

Anti-graft party takes aim at Modi’s economic model

Friday, March 7, 2014 – 21:36

Reuters

NEW DELHI – Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Narendra Modi, who leads opinion polls ahead of next month’s general election, faces pressure from anti-graft Aam Aadmi Party (AAp) attacking his economic model on his home turf, the thriving state of Gujarat. Read more of this post

Korean economic team blasted for inconsistency

Korean economic team blasted for inconsistency

Friday, March 7, 2014 – 10:06

Kim Yon-se

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network

The Park Geun-hye administration appears to be discontented with the economic policies created by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hyun Oh-seok. Read more of this post

Western Businesses in Russia, Watchful and Wary

Western Businesses in Russia, Watchful and Wary

By LIZ ALDERMANMARCH 7, 2014

PARIS — Shortly after pro-Russian troops infiltrated Crimea last weekend, the phone in Alexis Rodzianko’s Moscow office started ringing. He is president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, and local managers for some of the world’s biggest brands were calling to discuss the safety of their operations and the risks that might arise if the West were to impose sanctions. Read more of this post

How Designer Microbes and the Organism Industry Will Reshape Our World

How Designer Microbes and the Organism Industry Will Reshape Our World

By Maxx Chatsko | More Articles
March 2, 2014 | Comments (0)

What would a computer be without transistors? Well, not much. A similar question can be asked of next-generation industrial biotech platforms enabled by synthetic biology: What would Solazyme (NASDAQ: SZYM  ) , Amyris (NASDAQ: AMRS  ) , or any other industrial biotech company be without organisms? And again, a similar conclusion is reached. It may not be obvious from the early days of synthetic biology, but several loose, general terms and businesses used to describe the development of highly optimized custom microorganisms will eventually be combined into one well-defined industry: the organism industry. Read more of this post

Clean energy: Let the sun shine; The future is bright for solar power, even as subsidies are withdrawn

Clean energy: Let the sun shine; The future is bright for solar power, even as subsidies are withdrawn

Mar 8th 2014 | IVANPAH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, AND LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA | From the print edition

FORTY-FIVE minutes west of Las Vegas, dejected sinners may encounter a sight to lift their sunken hearts: a sea of 347,000 mirrors, reflecting the rays of the desert sun on to boilers mounted on three 460-foot towers. The Ivanpah solar-thermal plant (pictured), which opened in mid-February, is the largest of its kind in the world. Fully ramped up, it will deliver around 377 megawatts (MW) of power to 140,000 homes in southern California. Its backers compare it to the nearby Hoover Dam; an astronaut claims to have spotted it from the international space station. It is a striking sight, even if the heat from its heliostats has roasted dozens of unfortunate birds alive. Read more of this post

Business in emerging markets: Emerge, splurge, purge; Western firms have piled into emerging markets in the past 20 years. Now comes the reckoning

Business in emerging markets: Emerge, splurge, purge; Western firms have piled into emerging markets in the past 20 years. Now comes the reckoning

Mar 8th 2014 | From the print edition

VODAFONE’S latest figures appear at first glance to vindicate the most powerful management idea of the past two decades: that firms should expand in fast-growing emerging economies. Sales at the mobile-phone company fell in the rich world while those in the developing world rose smartly. Corporate strategy is usually a contentious subject: there are fierce debates about how big, diversified and financially leveraged firms should be. But geography has seduced everyone. Vodafone is one of countless Western companies that have bet on the developing world. Read more of this post