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Stocks and bonds have been hit hard in the past month by fears about when U.S. monetary stimulus will end and remain at risk of further heavy pummeling even if the Fed sheds light this week on its policies, analysts say.
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Keith Heddle, Investment Director at Stanley Gibbons says rare stamps are the best alternative asset class to put your money in, with average annual returns of 11% in the last 40 years.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 2:30 AM ETSven Richter, head of Africa and Frontier markets at Renaissance Asset Managers, tells CNBC that frontier markets are in the early stage of a long-term secular growth period.
Tuesday, 4 Jun 2013 | 7:00 PM ETRobotic changes such as 3D printing can revolutionize the way companies manufacture goods.
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North Korea launched a strange charm offensive this week against the U.S and China, after snubbing Seoul. |
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal wants to build the world's tallest building, a mile-high skyscraper. |
A Chinese theme park is one of the more unusual attempts by Australia to boost tourism. |
High youth unemployment in parts of Europe could mean mass protests this summer like the ones seen in Brazil. |
Although he failed to win Royal Ascot, Animal Kingdom still has a lucrative stud career awaiting him. |
Siberia is being touted as a beacon of light by the Russian government as it looks east for growth. |
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The prime real estate market in Russia's capital offers great returns - for those willing to take the risks, analysts say.
CNBC Meets
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Former tennis player Andre Agassi tells CNBC the private sector is the best means through which to create better schools in America.
Charting Asia with Daryl Guppy
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China remains one of Asia's worst-performing stock markets this year, but there are reasons to believe the prevailing downtrend for the long-time laggard may be coming to an end.
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Asia-Pacific News
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Australia's economy has been clouded with negative forecasts in recent weeks, but a recent report argues the economy is poised for a rapid acceleration in the coming months.
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Activity in China's vast manufacturing sector may have decelerated further in June, the flash HSBC China purchasing manager's index (PMI) is expected to show.
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Investor confidence in emerging markets continues to plummet, with a fund managers' survey by BofA Merrill Lynch showing that equity investment in the group has fallen to its lowest level since 2008.
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Global fish prices have leapt to all-time highs as China's growing appetite for high-end species runs up against lower catches. The Financial Times reports.
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Asia will spearhead the rise in global stock markets from now until the end of the year, according to a worldwide Reuters poll.
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Strong export numbers from Japan are a hopeful sign for the success of the country's economic policies but it's still early days to say that the country's export sector has turned a corner, analysts say.
Europe News
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In a week that has seen Boeing's Dreamliner meet its new challenger in the form of the Airbus A350, the U.S. firm maintains that the new European aircraft will not affect its share of the wide body market.
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Britain should introduce laws making it possible to jail "reckless" bankers and claw back past bonus and pension awards, an influential panel of lawmakers said.
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Cyprus' president has asked euro zone leaders for a complete revamp of his country's 10 billion euro ($13.4 billion) bailout, the Financial Times reports.
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High youth unemployment in parts of Europe and disappointing growth expectations in the emerging world could mean mass protests this summer, Niall Ferguson told CNBC Tuesday.
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Britain's fraud prosecutor charged former UBS trader Tom Hayes with eight counts of conspiracy to defraud.
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After an opening day at the Paris Air Show that saw Airbus announce an impressive amount of orders, Boeing fought back on Tuesday with a raft of orders and the launch of the latest in the line of 787 Dreamliners, the 787-10.
Paris Airshow 2013
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As trade between African nations rises, there is also a growing need for fast, efficient travel between countries. Yet air transport links remain under-developed.
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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft's President says the Canadian aircraft manufacturer is bullish on the BRIC nations as it details its new CSeries planes at the Paris Air Show, hoping to take advantage of a gap in the market.
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After an opening day at the Paris Air Show that saw Airbus announce an impressive amount of orders, Boeing fought back on Tuesday with a raft of orders and the launch of the latest in the line of 787 Dreamliners, the 787-10.
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The FAA did "everything right" in the dealing with the battery issues that grounded Boeing's new Dreamliner for months, the aircraft maker's chairman and CEO James McNerney tells CNBC.
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Big finance waded into a rain-soaked Paris Airshow with more than $10 billion in orders for jumbo passenger jets as planemakers duelled over strategy for large aircraft.
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In the heated battle for leadership in commercial airplanes Boeing and Airbus believe they are positioned to have strong showings at the Paris Air Show.
Industrial Revolutions
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Find out how self-driving cars could revolutionize the auto industry in the next decade.
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From the first flight in 1903, air travel has come a long way - and trips to outer space could be next.
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Start-ups are using social networking and technological advances to innovate personal banking and give control back to the consumer.
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MIT is focusing on technology that could redefine the process of construction.
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Companies are moving beyond the mouse and touchscreens to create the next form of computer interactivity.
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Experts believe that fusion energy - which would never run out and is environmentally-friendly - could one day form 50% of the energy market, although it may not come into use for another few decades.
Technology
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Adobe earnings beat expectations but the company's forecast was to either meet or miss in the current quarter. Still, one analyst said the guidance "continues to be pretty impressive."
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New York is second to only Silicon Valley when it comes to a burgeoning tech industry, but some city policies threaten its growth, mayoral hopefuls say.
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3-D printing holds much promise for many sectors. But innovation brings risks, such as 3-D guns. In addition, is America's workforce ready for advanced manufacturing jobs?
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Facebook may announce a video feature to its photo-sharing app Instagram at an event it is hosting on Thursday.
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There's always an excuse for shrinkage. For the information technology sector, that excuse is Apple.
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China has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost twice as fast as the previous U.S. holder and underlining the country's rise as a science and technology powerhouse.
Finance
NetNet
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Treasury yields have been rising in anticipation of the Fed slowing down QE. When the central bank officially shifts directions, yields might actually fall.
Market Insider with Patti Domm
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Whatever Ben Bernanke says on Wednesday threatens to rock some part of the financial markets. "Tomorrow is dangerous," said veteran trader Art Cashin.
By the Numbers
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The CBOE Volatility Index, the market's so-called fear gauge, stretched over a 22 percent range in each of the last two weeks, its first such streak since March.
Opinion
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Forcing businesses to pay the minimum wage for interns ignores both the costs incurred by the host business and the value received by the intern.
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A panel of experts and Larry Kudlow discuss the Supreme Court's refusal to declare "pay to delay" deals between pharmaceutical companies and generic drugmakers illegal.
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Can anyone tell me with a straight face that they knew the S&P 500 would be flirting with all time highs right now, asks investment adviser Michael Farr.
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The euro is a unique example of an asset class with intrinsic investment features, but is it a reliable store of value?
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Scott Rasmussen, Rasmussen Reports, discusses a recent poll that found 57 percent of people believe the government will use NSA surveillance data against political opponents.
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Scott Minerd, Guggenheim Partners LLC, discusses why he believes the bond market has become a bit like a Ponzi scheme. With CNBC's Rick Santelli.