| Williams sisters advance to quarterfinals at Australian Open
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 MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Williams sisters are back in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam, and neither one is there just to watch. Venus Williams continued her impressive career resurgence at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 win over sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska on Monday night, reaching the last eight at a major for the first time since the 2010 U.S. Open. Younger sister, ...
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| Interesting IWB Put And Call Options For March 20th
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 Investors in iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund (AMEX: IWB) saw new options become available this week, for the March 20th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the IWB options chain for the new March 20th contracts and identified one put and one call [...]
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| Interesting RY Put And Call Options For September 18th
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 Investors in Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY) saw new options begin trading today, for the September 18th expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 235 days until expiration the newly trading [...]
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| Was the Attendance of David Cameron and Prince Charles At King Abdullah's Funeral, Acceptable?
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 In this day and age, is it really better to keep a political ally rather than to metaphorically stick up the V's to a morally corrupt government? David Cameron and Prince Charles obviously agree with the former after attending the funeral of the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. When Abdullah took the throne in 2005, he had already been ruling the country in all but title for around a decade. When he first came to power, the world looked on, hopeful, in regards to the country's attitudes to women as he gave 30 women titles within his Shura Council. He also took the huge step of allowing ...
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| More driving test cheats caught
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 A growing number of novice motorists are being caught trying to cheat the driving test by hiring lookalikes, government figures show.
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| Monday's ETF with Unusual Volume: FDN
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 The First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF (FDN) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 812,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 276,000. Shares of FDN were up about 0.1% on the day. Components of that ETF with the highest volume on [...]
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| Big News From AQR: Size Matters, If You Control Your Junk
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 A whiz-bang paper has just been released that basically solves one of the longstanding mysteries in financial economics: the outperformance (or not) of small company stocks. It's called, "Size Matters, If You Control Your Junk." The authors are all lettermen from the varsity squad at AQR Capital: Cliff Asness, Andrea [...]
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