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Although NYSE lost the Facebook listing, the way Nasdaq bumbled it is surely to help the NYSE long term. According to Barron’s article April 21st,  “Even as it invests in its technology and post-trade-services businesses, the firm has streamlined expenses, eliminating $670 million in costs since 2008. As a result, free cash flow last year was $870 million, on $2.7 billion in revenue. NYSE Euronext has signaled that its strong balance sheet can support a bit more debt, enabling it to steadily return cash to shareholders both through share buybacks and a generous dividend—which at the stock’s recent level near $27 … Read more

Marc Faber Resumes Bloodfeud With Treasurys, Still Sees Entire Financial System Imploding

From Zerohedge: “In an interview with Bloomberg’s Sara Eisen and Erik Schatzker this morning, he does what he does best – cuts to the chase: “if you think it through and you are as bearish as I am, and you think the whole financial system will one day collapse, we don’t know if in 3 years, or 5 years, or 10 years, but one day there will be a reset, and everything will be essentially started anew, then you are better off in equities than in government bonds, because a lot of government bonds will either default or they will … Read more