iShares 20+ Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:TLT) and SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:GLD) have handily beaten SPY through the first three months of 2014. Now those asset classes are considered the “smart” place to be. iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond (ETF) (NYSEARCA:TLT) shares after opening at $108.88 moved to $109.35 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $108.83. iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond (ETF) (NYSEARCA:TLT) showed a positive weekly performance of 1.45%.
General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM), saying it shouldn’t be ordered to tell owners of cars with faulty ignition switches not to drive them until they are fixed, said consumers’ lawyers haven’t proved the cars are unsafe to drive if government-approved recall instructions are followed. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) shares fell -2.64% in last trading session and ended the day on $33.62. GM return on equity ratio is recorded as 24.60% and its return on assets is 4.70%. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) yearly performance is 19.56%.
Toyota Motor Corp. (ADR) (NYSE:TM) is recalling 6.39 million vehicles globally for a variety of problems spanning nearly 30 models in Japan, the U.S., Europe and other places. Toyota Motor Corp (ADR) (NYSE:TM) shares moved down -1.26% in last trading session and was closed at $107.73, while trading in range of $106.67 – $107.83. Toyota Motor Corp (ADR) (NYSE:TM) year to date (YTD) performance is -11.64%.
Sony Corp. (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) mobile phones unit narrowly avoided sanctions for asking the judge to reconsider a ruling in an infringement dispute with a patent holder, but received a stern talking-to in an order handed down by a Texas federal judge on Tuesday. Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) weekly performance is -2.44%. On last trading day company shares ended up $18.82. Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 7.64%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $21.51.
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