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2011-01-18
Tasca states, the casino stocks along with the global markets such as the Shanghai, FTSE and Dow are all 30% overvalued and could easily pullback.  He cautions investors to make sure they properly protect their portfolios.
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2011-01-09


 
Tasca states, “I expect the rally to continue in Q1, at a more modest pace than the 6% monthly gains we saw close out 2010. But risk factors will accumulate as the year goes on,"

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2010-05-02
  (BBC, Laureate Trust) - Tasca says, "Greece bail out is not the solution, this will only  delay the inevitable which will end up in a massive default.  The Eurozone must forgive the debt and let market forces depreciate the currency, then the region will be much healthier."
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2010-04-12
  (BBC, Laureate Trust) - Laureate Trust raised the target price on Apple (Nasdaq: APPL) last week from $250 to $300 on stronger forecast for iPhone and iPad sales. The firm’s analysts have reiterated their $300 target price based on the estimate that Apple may sell 3,000,000 iPads worldwide this year.
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2010-04-02
Tasca says, “The best case scenario for RIM is that they change their OS to Android. This will allow them to have a solid platform and lead the industry once again. Apple’s market share keeps growing - it is now 33% versus RIM’s 38%. RIM needs to address this problem now, not later.”
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2010-03-23
   The latest “World Wealth Report” by Merrill Lynch and CapGemini stated that investors with at least €25 million to invest shrank by almost 25 per cent in 2008 and an additional 19 per cent in 2009.
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2010-03-19
   According to The New York Sun, Mr. Buffett in 2002 invested $430 million of Berkshire Hathaway’s money in a Bermuda based hedge fund. This investment has recorded Berkshire Hathaway over $173 million in profits.
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2010-03-16
   Peter Tasca, CEO of Laureate Trust, a British Virgin Islands based hedge fund which returned 33% net of fees in 2009. States, “The Tom Cruise films were responsible for 15% of the gross income the studio generated in the last 10 years, I wouldn’t bet against the market value Tom Cruise can bring to any studio project.”
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Laureate Trust Will Not Invest In EMI Group  2010-04-01 
 
 
 
Laureate Trust says, "iPad & iPhone Continues to Post Stong Sales; Stock Will Hit $300 by year-end 2010-04-12