Bloomberg: Short positions
WH Smith Plc’s share price has soared about 30 percent this year, and Barclays Plc expects more good news for the U.K. newsagent at its full-year results on Oct. 10. Bloomberg’s short positions function shows almost 12 percent of WH Smith’s outstanding shares are out on loan and identifies the investors that may be squeezed. […]
Bloomberg: Tracking Emerging-Market Holdings of U.S. Debt
Portfolio outflows from emerging markets sparked a sell-off in currencies from India’s rupee to Brazil’s real. Some policy makers have liquidated foreign exchange reserves to help support their currencies. Bloomberg functions show foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries are on pace to register their first full-year decline since 2000. You will find the case study document […]
Bloomberg: Economy forecasts for China
The Chinese economy is slowing to a forecast rate of 7.5 percent for 2013 as the government seeks to curb excessive lending and reduce reliance on exports. Bloomberg have put together the attached “FFM Spotlight on China” which uses Bloomberg tools to monitor central bank actions, assess the impact on interest rates, banking, equities markets and […]
Social science video sites
TED videos from world leaders covering all aspects of social and environmental sciences RSA audio and events. Includes NHS, technology and change. Videolectures net. Great examples including academic lecture series. Socialcare TV. From SCIE, focuses on social work skills Vlearn . Business and economics talks.
Vlearn
Vlearn A free access site for business and management students. It has inspiring talks from business leaders covering leadership management topics including business ethics, change management includes videos and blog entries. Hosted at University of Central Lancashire
Credit Explained
http://creditexplained.org.uk/ A new independent website that’s intended to be a jargon-free guide to consumer credit of all types, including loans, credit cards, mortgages and overdrafts, and includes information on basic credit concepts such as credit ratings, debt and the like.
Bloomberg: a merger
The recently merged mining and commodity trading company Glencore Xstrata reported a $7.7billion write-down of assets previously owned by Xstrata. Data compiled by Bloomberg Industries show that the company actually beat estimates on a net-adjusted basis and provide details of the one-off charges. You will find the case study document under the function FFM on […]
New address for this blog
Hello all. The Social Sciences Librarians’ Blog has a new address https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/ RSS feed addresses have also changed. If you subscribe to an RSS feed from the blog, you will have to update your links.
Bloomberg: Prudential’s dividends
Prudential PLC, the U.K.’s second biggest insurer by market share, reported rising Asia sales and an 18 percent increase in first-half Asia operating earnings. The gains helped Prudential raise its dividend, and a further dividend hike is projected by Bloomberg Dividend Forecasts team. You will find the case study document under the function FFM on […]
FRASER
Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has added some archival documents dating back to the 1930s. It now includes bank statistics from 1896-1955 and annual reports from federal banks some from 1914 onwards.
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