Middle East Social Banking 2.0 – Der Kunde übernimmt die Regie Al Baraka Al Baraka Banking Group is a Bahrain Joint Stock Company licensed as an Islamic wholesale bank by Central Bank of Bahrain, listed on Bahrain Bourse and Nasdaq Dubai stock exchanges. It is a leading international Islamic banking group providing its unique services in countries with a population totaling around one billion and is rated by Standard & Poor's at BB+ (long term) / B (short term). Al Baraka offers retail, corporate, treasury and investment banking services, strictly in accordance with the principles of the Islamic Shari'a. The Group has a wide geographical presence in the form of subsidiary banking Units and representative offices in fifteen countries, which in turn provide their services through more than 480 branches.
Top Micro Cap Fund Holdings And Performance [iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF)] In 2012, companies with market caps $<150 million outperformed (+18.24%) every other market cap grouping. A year ago I listed some microcap fund managers and their performance relative to the Russell 2000 (IWM) and Russell Micro Cap (IWC) ETFs. I thought it would be good to update the performance of those funds, while also comparing them to a few of the other microcap ETFs. As I stated in my original article, some of the greatest money managers of all time first made their fortunes in the micro-small cap arenas, so it's good to pay attention to the best microcap fund managers and see where they are investing. (click to enlarge) Here is a little more information on each fund including their inception date, assets under management, average market cap, fund manager, and top holdings as of YE 2012: TETON Westwood Mighty Mites Fund (WEIMX), Inception Date: 1998: The fund manages $700 million in assets, investing in companies with an average market cap of $355 million. Follow Ian Cassel New!
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mental_floss Blog » Fun with Venn and Euler Diagrams A Venn diagram is a mathematical illustration that shows all of the possible mathematical or logical relationships between sets. A Euler diagram resembles a Venn diagram, but does not neccessarily show all possible intersections of the sets. A Euler diagram is often more useful for showing real world data, because not all sets partially overlap with all other sets. I used the 3 Circle Venn Diagram Applet to make a diagram of food preferences in my family. This graphic is labeled as a Venn diagram, but it is actually a Euler diagram, because at no point does true happiness intersect with wearing pants. More diagram fun, after the jump. If the circles don't intersect, it's not a Venn diagram. I came across this very useful image last week that started my quest to learn the difference between a Venn diagram and a Euler diagram. These sweet and sour doodles are true Venn diagrams. Speaking of music, here's a t-shirt for music snobs featuring a two-set Venn diagram.
Ökonomenstimme: Home 1000 Awesome Things | A time-ticking countdown of 1000 awesome things Greg Mankiw's Blog Iraq: new alliances, old repression Iraq's main political actors are engaged in intense political jockeying in advance of the country's parliamentary elections scheduled for January 2010. The formation of the al-Ittilaf al-Watani al-Iraqi (Iraqi National Alliance), announced on 23 August 2009, is part of a long process of political realignment among Iraq's old political parties that may have a big impact on the election result. But whatever the outcome of this process, which has been fraught with volatility, many Iraqis fear that the political manoeuvring will do little to improve their lives - and that violence will again displace politics as a means of setting the country's course. Zaid Al-Ali is an attorney at the New York Bar and specialises in international commercial arbitration. He has graduated from King's College London, the Sorbonne University in Paris and Harvard Law School. He is currently writing a book on the Iraqi constitution with Jõrg Fedtke, to be published in 2009 "Iraq: a constitution or an epitaph?"