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http://tyreneweaver.bravesites.com/entries/business/hendren-global-group-article-code-81345798450-hgg-beware-of-20-percent-returns-5-ways-to-separate-superior-performance-from-salesmanship Beware of 20 Percent Returns: 5 Ways to Separate Superior Performance from Salesmanship Over the last month, I've been hearing countless financial professionals boasting of 17-20 percent returns over the last three years. And like anyone, I was amazed. Until I did the math. NASDAQ has doubled since 2009, putting the annualized return at 25 percent over the past four years -- meaning anything below that is performing below the general market! Also, the three-year performance metrix is conveniently shaved to exclude the Great Recession. Most people bragging about 20 percent gains are covering up the fact that their clients lost way too much during the Great Recession and are still underwater -- even with a robust bull market. So, rather than being wowed by what is basically a market recovery, sober up and examine the data that really matters. Today's bull has been (and will continue to be) a bucking bronco that has left most riders bruised, broken, weary and rattled. Continue Reading: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/natalie-pace/beware-of-20-returns-5-wa_b_3343237.html Read More Related Articles: http://hendrengroup.biz/blog/2013/02/15/cybercrime-targets-smaller-fish-with-less-guard/ http://hendrengroup.biz/blog/2013/02/ http://www.slideserve.com/heatherfarmer/latest-hendren-global-group-fact-reviews-blogtalkradio

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Interview: opportunism keeps Cube leader on upward course Myanmar has seemingly swung from being a martial communist state to a semi-democratic capitalist darling, with foreign investors scrambling for a foothold, in the blink of an eye. But is the southeast Asian state ready for perhaps the most bourgeois of sports, golf? That is the hope of Cube Capital, a London and Hong Kong-based boutique with a history of taking counter-intuitive bets, and which claims to have been the first western house to have entered Myanmar after sanctions were lifted in 2012. Cube is financing a golf villa development, having already made 20 per cent-plus returns from a more traditional 15-home villa park and a head office development. "There is no equity or bond market [in Myanmar]," says Francois Buclez, chief executive and chief investment officer of Cube. "There is public equity traded in Singapore, around three or four stocks, but their valuation is seven times book because that is all there is and everyone wants to buy them. "You can do private equity, but there is no proven or tested management team in Myanmar, or real estate [where] you don't need a management team, you just need a construction team. And in this market whatever you build will be taken out." Cube provides first lien finance for the developments, and Mr Buclez, a former Crédit Agricole and Credit Suisse First Boston banker, is critical of those who only view emerging markets through the prism of equity investing. "In emerging markets people dream about equity, they always want to make five, seven, 10 times their money, but they end up making 10 per cent. They forget that in these markets you can get a 20 per cent return with a protected asset class." To Mr Buclez, the real estate route also avoids arousing the ire of the local populace, unlike some sectors of the economy. "We tend to avoid natural resources in emerging markets. Typically a local will resent a foreigner milking the natu

It is a fact that fossil fuels from diesel cars and coal-powered fire stations cause dangerous tiny particulate pollution. Sooty air pollution in towns and cities increases the chances of women giving birth to small babies, new research has shown. A study involving millions of births around the world found that higher pollution levels raised the risk of low birth-weight. Although small, the effect is said to be statistically significant. At national population scales it could have an important impact on child health, said the researchers. Babies are underweight at birth if they tip the scales at less than 2.5kgs, or 5lbs 8oz. They face an increased risk of dying in infancy, as well as chronic poor health and impaired mental development. The new study, the largest of its kind ever conducted, focused on tiny sooty carbon particles called PM10s and even smaller PM2.5s which are known to be linked to heart and lung problems and early death. They originate from a number of sources, including diesel exhausts and the chimneys of coal-fired power stations and factories. Professor Tanja Pless-Mulloli, who led the UK arm of the study at the Newcastle University, said: "As air pollution increases we can see that more babies are smaller at birth, which in turn puts them at risk of poor health later in life. "These microscopic particles, five times smaller than the width of a human hair, are part of the air we breathe every day. What we have shown definitively is that these levels are already having an effect on pregnant mothers." The research, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, examined the impact of a 10 microgram per cubic meter increase in average exposure to pollution particles over the course of a pregnancy. Furthermore, a continual trend of elevated low birth-weight risk with higher levels of air pollution also showed. For PM10s, this raised the chances of having a low birth-weight baby by 0.03%, which was said to be statisticall

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WASHINGTON - House Democrats will unveil 15 proposals for curbing gun violence that resemble President Barack Obama's plan and will include a call for banning assault weapons, people familiar with the package said Wednesday. The Democrats' recommendations will also include barring high-capacity magazines carrying more than 10 rounds of ammunition, requiring background checks for all gun sales and prohibiting gun trafficking, all of which Obama proposed last month. The proposals, to be released Thursday by top House Democrats, were described by people who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plan publicly. They represent the initial House Democratic response to the horrific Dec. 14 shooting of 20 first-graders and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Even so, the Democrats' proposals are unlikely to go anywhere quickly in the Republican-controlled House. A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said the House will wait to see what the Democratic-led Senate does. Obama's gun control proposals have been opposed by the National Rifle Association, which is a potent lobbying force on Capitol Hill. In addition, some Democrats - including many from rural or conservative areas - have been reluctant to endorse the president's plan. That hesitation was underscored Wednesday at a private retreat Senate Democrats staged in Annapolis, Md. At that session, Democrats largely embraced expanded background checks on gun sales, but some senators expressed a desire to avoid voting on an assault weapons ban, according to two people who described the closed-door session only on condition of anonymity. The House Democrats' recommendations were proposed by the 12-member House Democratic Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, led by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. Two-thirds of its members had to approve an item for it to be included in their plan, meaning there likely will be Democratic dissenters to some

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Advanced Global Trading, a Dubai-based company selling voluntary carbon credits to retail investors, has been accused of being either a boiler room scam or Ponzi scheme by a website which writes about emissions and deforestation. The article is written by Chris Lang founder of the website Redd-Monitor.org, which provides "news, views and analysis about reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation". Carbon credits, of which there are two types - voluntary emission reductions and certified emission reductions, are certificates which represent a company's right to emit one tone of carbon dioxide and can be traded for money legitimately. However, there has been a history of them being traded illegitimately. In the UK, the Financial Conduct Authority (or Financial Services Authority as it was at the time) has previously warned investors to be wary of unsolicited approaches to purchase the investments. In a statement, which is still available on the old FSA website alongside further information about the scam, it said: "Carbon credits can be sold and traded legitimately and there are many reputable firms operating in the sector. "However, we are concerned that an increasing number of firms are using dubious, high-pressure sales tactics and targeting vulnerable consumers." In the article, published last month on Redd-Monitor.org, Lang suggests that AGT is artificially inflating the price of the carbon credits it trades by selling them to new customers, much like a traditional Ponzi scheme. The company makes its money by taking a commission on each transaction so will continue to make money as long as new investors continue to buy carbon credits from existing investors. More: http://rnzmoore.deviantart.com/art/Hendren-Global-Group-International-News-Review-377394831 http://www.slideshare.net/aetherphanes/hendren-global-group-article-code-81345798450-hgg-beware-of-20-percent-returns-5-ways-to-separate-superior-performance-from-salesmans