Most money managers who had not made the shift toward sector-based analysis before the euro's launch have since revised their strategy.
Big Pharma is looking toward the biotech sector to feed the new pipeline for drug discovery.
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Despite the poor performance, options traders are even more bullish toward JNPR than sector leader CSCO.
Despite the overall strength in the SLX, sentiment toward the steel sector is relatively mixed.
Positive quarterly results from Cisco Systems were also helpful in boosting overall sentiment toward the tech sector.
Many commodity funds are heavily overweighted toward the energy sector, which can account for as much as 70% of the portfolio.
He made clear that his suggestion was directed toward the private sector.
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According to data from the trusts' industry association, trust companies directed 320 billion yuan toward the property sector in the first three quarters of this year.
Positive quarterly results from Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) were also helpful in boosting overall sentiment toward the tech sector.
Indeed, the flight of capital toward the energy sector cheered on loudly by the right violates the basic economic views that have historically animated the more growth oriented side of the political divide.
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The proof is in the pudding on this point: every dollar of public-sector funds received by these projects was being matched by nearly four dollars in private-sector investment toward buying and installing the systems that generate on-site electricity and use waste-heat created during generation.
The austerity measures have been accompanied by overhauls that include a weakening of collective wage agreements and steps toward laying off public-sector workers.
The austerity measures also have been accompanied by a series of overhauls that include a weakening of collective wage agreements and steps toward laying off public-sector workers.
Today, he said, nearly 25% of his business comes from outside the financial sector and is targeted toward a wide range of devices, including iPads and Android phones.
President Obama took an important first step toward stimulating economic activity in the startup sector by signing the JOBS Act in April.
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Talks with the troika appeared to have stalled over the demand that Greece cut private-sector wages as a step toward boosting the country's competitiveness and jump-starting its recession-ravaged economy.
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But retailers of all stripes are benefiting from investor optimism for the economy and pent-up demand on the part of consumers as stocks in the consumer discretionary sector, which is heavily weighted toward retail, is up an average of 12.8% this year.
"During periods of explosive wealth and growth of resources within the private sector, the enormous surplus of wealth gravitates toward art, " observes Paul Schimmel, chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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He also told lawmakers at the European Parliament that a one-time tax on bank deposits was "inevitable" given Cyprus' oversize financial sector, though said the burden should be shifted toward taxing big bank deposits of about more than 100, 000 euros.
Within Rwanda, another narrative continues to unfold, with a positive impact that could extend well beyond its borders: the slow, steady, and consistent promotion of entrepreneurship and private sector development, two powerful ingredients in the progress toward full democracy in this landlocked country of 11 million people.
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As hedge funds look toward the homestretch of 2012 they will have to pull off a sector-wide miracle to stop 2012 from being one of the worst years their rich industry has ever experienced.
Founded in 2009 with an eye toward harnessing the intelligence talent in Israel for use in the corporate sector, Kela does work for insurance companies, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, but it has found its services are greatly in demand by hedge funds.
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It did the same with sectors (toward energy or away from it) and with stocks, as the sector or the stock was unloved or much in demand.
The article pointed out that with the government taking a strong stance toward solar energy, investors were investigating ways to gain exposure to the sector.
Here's hoping that the affiliated Tech Policy Summit--with some participants' eyes cast nervously toward Washington--helps ensure policymakers don't devour the technology sector's promise with ill-conceived intervention (your Wayne will be a panelist there).
In managing a portfolio that has a bias toward equities the balance is usually a combination of cash equity and index or sector tracker funds.
Though solar companies have seen their stocks take a significant hit so far this year, with the government taking a strong stance toward solar energy, some investors are investigating ways to gain exposure to the sector.
News out of the subprime mortgage sector continues to worsen, as New Century Finance, already teetering toward bankruptcy, announced new regulatory probes and Massachusetts-issued subpoenas to two big securities companies for information on their research into the business.
Turning ones eyes toward the U.S., weak personal income (as the private sector continues to de-leverage) continues to put pressure on the economic outlook, while political gridlock in Washington makes it unlikely that fiscal stimulus will come any time soon.
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The rapid and disruptive shift in the industry toward those business-driven themes have led Ellison to assert a bold claim: new competitive dynamics in the database sector will raise the stakes for Teradata and other relatively lower-profile players that have generally stayed under the radar of Oracle, IBM, and even Microsoft SQL Server.
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