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Retirement Plan Advisors Launches New PortfolioPlus Model
PortfolioPlus Aggressive Equity Model Provides Investors Additional Market Opportunity - February 25, 2015 - Retirement Plan Advisors
ClimateLaunchpad to Unlock More Than 1,000 New Cleantech Ideas to Tackle Climate Change
Europe's ClimateLaunchpad 2015 is now open for applications. Students, start-ups, entrepreneurs, researchers and employees dreaming of starting their own business are invited to submit their cleantech ideas. All entries are judged on their impact on climate change, their growth potential and on skills and enthusiasm. - February 23, 2015 - Climate-KIC
BrightSpark Trading LLC Releases Stock Market Weekly Commentary for Week Ending 2-20-15
Artificial intelligence based real time based stock alert service scores major gains for clients in its second week of operations. - February 23, 2015 - BrightSpark Trading
Grant Becker Associates Consolidates Recent Successes with Forecast for a Huge Year in Pre-IPO Equities
Following on from the successful expansion of their institutional and retail client division, due in large part to their involvement in the hugely profitable Pre IPO, Alibaba, Grant Becker Associates CEO, Pascal De Becker said "We are creating a niche for ourselves through our team of... - February 20, 2015 - Grant Becker Associates
All Guard Self Storage, Griffin, Georgia, Sold
All Guard Self Storage, located in Griffin, Georgia was sold in early February to Store Here adding to their presence in the market area. Dale C. Eisenman, CCIM of Midcoast Properties, Inc. a leading self storage broker in the Southeast represented the seller and had the listing to market the... - February 18, 2015 - Midcoast Properties, Inc.
BrightSpark Trading Releases Inaugural Weekly Update
Company publishes stock market analysis for week ending 2-13-15. - February 18, 2015 - BrightSpark Trading
Moataz Al-Khayyat at Forefront of Infrastructure Growth Within Gulf State Qatar
The Arcadis Global Infrastructure Investment Spending Index has recently ranked the prosperous Gulf State of Qatar in 2nd place, narrowly missing the top spot held by Singapore. Qatar, a cash rich economic powerhouse, boasts some of the highest investment profiles in the world and has displayed double figure average growth across all construction services. - February 17, 2015 - Al Khayyat Contracting & Trading
Log Prices in Western US Fell in the 3Q Because Decreasing Log Exports to Asia
For many years, the sawlog market in Western US has been impacted by the demand for logs and lumber in Asia. With the constant increase in log exports, domestic sawlog prices have more than doubled over the past five years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. However, from the 1Q to 3Q in 2014, this upward trend was broken as log prices fell almost ten percent because of a weakening log export market. - February 16, 2015 - Wood Resources International LLC
Wood Pellet Exports from North America Reached a New Record High in the 3Q/14 Thanks to Higher Shipments to Asia
Asia has become a new market for wood pellet exporters in Western Canada with shipments having increased for six consecutive quarters, while Canadian exports to Europe have fallen substantially during 2014, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review. - February 16, 2015 - Wood Resources International LLC
BrightSpark Trading Announces the Launch of a Complete Stock Trading Signal Service Utilizing a Proprietary Artificial Intelligence Engine to Retail Traders/Investors
Noted algorithm creators (benhur33) deliver a unique proprietary risk adverse stock trading system typically resulting in explosive short term price appreciation for its clients. - February 13, 2015 - BrightSpark Trading
Vertical Launches Vertical Capital MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund
MAI Capital Management to Serve as Sub-Advisor. - February 13, 2015 - Vertical Capital Markets Group
Vertical Capital to Launch Vertical Capital Defined Risk Fund
Lido Advisors to Serve as Sub-Advisor to Liquid Alternative Fund of Funds. - February 13, 2015 - Vertical Capital Markets Group
CANNAPAGES Celebrates 5 Years as Colorado’s Original Recreational and Medical Marijuana Directory
Cannapages was one of the first media companies on the scene as the medical marijuana industry exploded in Colorado in late 2009. To celebrate another successful year in publishing and expansion, the company announces an epic 5-Year Birthday Spectacular in Denver with music, "recreational" festivities, and cake for all legal attendees. - February 11, 2015 - Cannapages.com
Move Over ETFs - Quantitative Finance Model Cracks Open Emerging Markets
Haugen Systems has produced and tested its first Emerging Markets version of the Haugen Expected Return Factor Model covering Central Asia, which includes China, India and Taiwan. Backtests of 7046 companies in the Central Asian region show returns of 45.8% in excess of the regional benchmark and 45.4% in excess of the S&P for the 15 year period ending December 31, 2014. - February 10, 2015 - Haugen Custom Financial Systems
Kitselas Signs Up for Three LNG Pipeline Deals and Why It is Important for ROI Land Investments
Recently, Kitselas First Nation signed three LNG pipeline deals with the province. The three pipeline projects involve TransCanada’s Coast GasLink (to serve the LNG facility in Kitimat), TransCanada’s Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (to serve the Pacific Northwest LNG plant on Lelu... - February 09, 2015 - ROI Land Investments, Ltd.
Robert Maltbie, President of Singular Research Announces Release of New Macro Market Indicators
Singular Research Major Market Indicators fell into the bearish range to 49.00 from 57.33. The S&P 500 index gained 1.6% this past week to 2051.82, while the NASDAQ rose 2.7% to 4758.88 and the Dow Jones Industrial added 0.9% to 17672.60. Below, the weekly graph of their Major Market Indicators shows the trend over the last few months. The net change in score came from a decrease in the liquidity, valuation and earnings momentum indicators, offset by an increase in the technical indicators. - February 04, 2015 - Singular Research
Terrace Capital Announces the Origination of a High Leverage, Interest Only, Self Storage Facility Loan
Terrace Capital, a full service real estate investment bank, announces the origination of a $21.5MM mortgage on six self storage facilities located in Texas. The high leverage, acquisition financing provided a 100% loan-to-cost mortgage on three of the six facilities. - February 04, 2015 - Trinity Street Capital Partners
CannaFundr Crowdfunding Platform Delivers Capital to New Frontier Financials
New Frontier Financials of Washington, DC completes seed round through crowdfunding with campaign on CannaFundr.com of Chicago, IL for the first company in the cannabis industry to provide Big Data. - February 03, 2015 - CrowdFundConnect
Koichiro Yasuda Joins BDA as Vice Chairman in Tokyo
BDA Partners ("BDA") announced today that Koichiro Yasuda has joined as Vice Chairman and Managing Director in BDA's Tokyo office. Before BDA, Koichiro Yasuda worked at Deutsche Securities Japan as Head of Investment Banking, Managing Director, and Vice Chairman. Before that, he was Head... - February 03, 2015 - BDA Partners Ltd
Why Douglas Channel LNG Project Take Over by Consortium is Good for ROI Land Investments, Ltd
News broke out a few days ago that the Douglas Channel LNG project has been taken over by a consortium. This group of investors includes Calgary-based energy company Altagas Ltd. This is a high profile land investment project in the area. The consortium estimates that it will in the long term be... - February 02, 2015 - ROI Land Investments, Ltd.
Texas Self Storage Association Tops Previous Donation to Hospital in Galveston Total Funds Donated To-Date Exceed $616,000
The Texas Self Storage Association (TSSA) donated $112,818 at the end of 2014 to the Shriners Children’s Hospital in Galveston. This Association has raised funds through various events held during their annual conference for the past 14 years. The amount donated to-date exceeds $616,000. The... - January 30, 2015 - Texas Self Storage Association
Ninja Trader Webinar Introduces The Beast Automated Trading System
Featured Partner: Trading Market Technicals Introducing The Beast Automated Trading System Register Now Are changing market conditions getting in the way of your success? Do you sometimes find the exact market turning point but end up on the wrong side of the market? Please join Trading Market... - January 30, 2015 - Trading Market Technicals
Bancap Self Storage Group Brokers Concord Self Storage
East Bay Area Property Sold for $24 Million - January 29, 2015 - Bancap Self Storage Group, Inc.
Odyne Systems, LLC Featured in 2015 Ford Alternative Fuel Buyers Guide
Odyne is a Ford Qualified Vehicle Modifier That Meets Ford Standards for Alternative Fuel Vehicles - January 27, 2015 - Odyne Systems, LLC
Chinese Pharma Growth Slowed Further in 2014 But Still Impressive
In general the Chinese pharmaceutical sector saw slower but still double-digit growth in 2014 despite a host of challenges stemmed from slowing Chinese economy, regulatory shakeups, cost containment measures and price cuts, as well as healthcare reform turbulences. The Chinese drug market (at... - January 25, 2015 - WiCON International Group LLC
The Growth Potential of B.C.'s LNG Industry and ROI Land Investments Ltd. Unshaken in Spite of Oil Slump
Despite a steep drop in global oil prices, 2015 is expected to be a big year for B.C’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. The future growth and investment potential of this industry remains strong as B.C. finalizes plans to move forward with several major LNG projects. B.C. currently has... - January 23, 2015 - ROI Land Investments, Ltd.
CFA Austin Society to Host Their 11th Annual Forecast Dinner Central Texas’ Premier Investment and Economic Annual Event
CFA Society Austin will host its 11th Annual Forecast Dinner on February 12, 2015 (www.cfaaustin.org/2015-forecast-dinner) at The Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown Austin. This Central Texas premier investment and economic event includes a panel discussing “The Economy & Markets –... - January 22, 2015 - CFA Society Austin
Helmut Studer Discusses the Stock Market January Effect
Will the stock market celebration continue in 2015? Several senior figures at Helmut Studer in Liechtenstein discuss. - January 22, 2015 - Helmut Studer
NinjaTrader Ecosystem Welcomes Trading Market Technicals to Its Ecosystem of 3rd Party Add-on Partners
NinjaTrader Ecosystem, LLC is pleased to welcome Trading Market Technicals to its expanding Ecosystem of 3rd Party Add-On Partners. Trading Market Technicals provides research and trading tools for the U.S. Equities, Forex, Precious Metals and Oils markets. Trading Market Technicals offers free... - January 21, 2015 - Trading Market Technicals
Nasir Shakouri of Encore Cardservice Paying Wages in Bitcoin
President of Encore Cardservice, Nasir Shakouri, plans to pay employees that want to participate in the virtual cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. - January 21, 2015 - Encore Cardservice
SportsWa, Inc., The First Sports SNS, Announces US Launch of SportsWa Operation Along with US Web Site (sportswa.com)
Varazo announces that SportsWa, Inc. the first sports SNS (social networking service) company, opens its US operation in San Jose, CA along with US website (www.sportswa.com). SportsWa also plans to release an upgraded version of mobile messenger application to App store and Google Play in the next two months. This application lets you share, chat and connect with other sports fans. You can post news, pictures, tally polls or chat with fellow teammates, and fans. - January 21, 2015 - Varazo
Odyne Systems, LLC Approved for Drive Clean Chicago Alternative Fuel Vehicle Voucher Program
Program Covers 80% of Incremental Costs of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles - January 20, 2015 - Odyne Systems, LLC
Robert M Maltbie, Managing Partner of Millennium Asset Management Announced the Hiring of a New Director of Investor Relations to Spearhead Client Asset Growth
Robert M Maltbie, Managing Partner of Millennium Asset Management announced the hiring of a New Director of Investor Relations to spearhead client asset growth. Robert Maltbie, Managing Partner of Millennium Asset Management announced the recent hire of a new Director of Investor Relations to... - January 19, 2015 - Singular Research
Free Preview Webinar for Investing in the Arizona Online Tax Lien Sales
Joanne Musa of TaxLienLady.com is conducting a done-with-you training for investors who want to invest in the upcoming Arizona online tax lien sales. - January 18, 2015 - TaxLienLady.com
Nashville Biltmore Ready for Development
JMJ Development is partnering with The Nashville Biltmore to develop retail, housing, and multi-use properties in Nashville, TN. - January 16, 2015 - JMJ Development
Sentio Healthcare Properties Announces the $18.90 Million Acquisition of The Gables of Hudson in Ohio
Sentio Healthcare Properties, Inc., (“Sentio” or the “REIT”), a real estate investment trust focused on healthcare-related real estate, announced today the $18.90 million purchase of The Gables of Hudson, a 112-unit assisted living and memory care community in Hudson, Ohio. - January 16, 2015 - Sentio Healthcare Properties
BenefitVault Appoints New Chief Sales Officer with Vast Knowledge and Business Growth Experience
An Industry Leader in Premium Payments Strengthens Its Resources - January 14, 2015 - BenefitVault
Conrex Adds Two Senior Professionals
Connorex-Lucinda, LLC an institutional aggregator of single family rentals has brought on two senior professionals. Conrad Langenegger, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer and John Halasz, Managing Director and Head of Capital Formation, Marketing and Investor Relations as it continues to expand its core business. - January 12, 2015 - Connorex Lucinda, LLC
Lombardia Properties to Sponsor & Exhibit at Real Estate Investor Expo – REI Expo Event
Lombardia Properties, an industry leader in Turn-key Income Properties and Strategic Fix & Flip Investment Opportunities, announced today that they will exhibit and sponsor at the upcoming Real Estate Investor Expo – REI Expo Event in Dallas Fort Worth. - January 11, 2015 - Lombardia
Lombardia Properties Teams-Up with European Property Partners to Offer Turn-Key Income Properties in the USA
Lombardia Properties, a leader in Turn-key Income Properties and Strategic Fix & Flip Investment Opportunities, announced today that they have teamed up with European Property Partners to Offer USA Turn-Key Income Properties with immediate cash flow for investors. Lombardia Properties,... - January 10, 2015 - Lombardia
David P. Grigsby Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
David P. Grigsby of Saint Louis, Missouri has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the fields of international business and investment consulting. About David P. Grigsby Mr. Grigsby has 40 years experience... - January 10, 2015 - Strathmore Worldwide
Carat Security Group and Centigon Announce New Strategic Shareholder
The Carat Security Group, world-leading providers of armored vehicles, announced today that Singapore-based Axle Holdings PTE Ltd, has acquired a strategic stake in the group. - January 09, 2015 - Carat Security Group
Disruptive Technology Reaps Cash as Venture Capital Pours in
Hinsley Ford Forecasts Continued Success in the Disruptive Technology and Looks to Substantially Increase Its Funding in This Sector. - January 08, 2015 - Hinsley Ford
JP Capital Group Continues to Reinvest Into Properties and Clients
According to JP Capital Management, successful asset growth often means reinvesting in a project, holistically. Such is the case with their recent investment into Summerfield Commons in Pittsburgh, PA. - January 07, 2015 - JP Capital Management
venVelo Closes Funding Round – Adds New Board Members
venVelo closes on over $1.3 million in latest funding round. - January 06, 2015 - venVelo LLC
CWC Income Properties 2, LLC Announces $17M Purchase of Commercial Buildings and Land in Colorado and Oregon
Private equity fund invests in retail commercial property in Colorado and Oregon. - December 29, 2014 - Christopher Weil & Company
Self Storage Profits, Inc. Completes Strong Year of Growth and Announces Next Self Storage Academy
Self Storage Profits, Inc. and its partners close another 11 Properties to round out 2014. Due to the heightened activity in the marketplace, the company has announced an additional Self Storage Academy 3 day event in Orlando Florida January 15th through the 17th. - December 28, 2014 - Self Storage Investing
Hawkeye Traders Announces Release of Volume-Based Trading Software Suite on eSignal’s Trading Platform
Hawkeye Traders announced today they have released their volume-based trading suite of software on the eSignal Trading Platform. That brings the total number of supported platforms to four, including TradeStation, MetaTrader 4, NinjaTrader, and now, eSignal. Hawkeye Traders began developing... - December 23, 2014 - Hawkeye Traders
Acclaimed Spa Consultant, Renata de Abreu Recently Joined elements® fitness as Director of Spa
An international fitness and lifestyle brand, elements® has named a famed spa consultant, Renata de Abreu as its worldwide Director of Spa. From the flagship store in Bal Harbor, Florida, De Abreau will develop thinspa®, a brand that focuses on healthy spa treatments that promote beauty and weight loss. - December 22, 2014 - elements®
The Wood Fiber Costs for the World’s Hardwood Pulp-Producing Mills Have Declined in 2014
Reduced pulpwood prices in Sweden, Russia, Brazil and Australia in the 3Q/14 resulted in the lowest Hardwood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) since 2009, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. With mixed price trends for softwood fiber, the Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) has been fairly stable the past two years. - December 20, 2014 - Wood Resources International LLC