Monthly Archives: June 2015

HBCU Money™ Dozen 6/1 – 6/5

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Did you miss HBCU Money™ Dozen via Twitter? No worry. We are now putting them on the site for you to visit at your leisure. We have made some changes here at HBCU Money™ Dozen. We are now solely focused on research and central bank articles from the previous week.

Research

Saudi Arabia May Become The Saudi Arabia Of Solar l Clean Technica http://dlvr.it/B6SSbc

Millennials bring consumer shopping tactics to corporate buying l CIOonline http://trib.al/Y0GDTxl

Census shows the four countries that are acting as safe havens for African elephants l New Scientist http://ow.ly/NV5Hn

Drums in the deep: Listening to meteorites hitting Mars will tell us what’s going on inside l New Scientist http://ow.ly/NUyKe

It’s time for Apple to redefine the iPad l Macworld http://dlvr.it/B6LSBm

“Stealth” Woman-Owned Startup Nails Tesla Battery For Hybrid-Electric Buildings l Clean Technica http://dlvr.it/B6Hthp

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

Does the Taylor rule say to raise rates? Depends in part on the natural real interest rate l St. Louis Fed http://bit.ly/1KJ4ReD

Which countries use the #internet the most? l World Economic Forum http://wef.ch/1dLzRAv

#Africa’s top 10 #tourism-ready countries l World Economic Forum http://wef.ch/1FARLf8

U.S. spends more on #healthcare per person than any other country, but #lifeexpectancy ranks 43rd l SF Fed http://bit.ly/1I6mfJW

Librarians: Check out personal finance & economics lessons that complement children’s books l Econ Lowdown http://bit.ly/1B8tKey

Why is Infant Mortality Higher in the U.S. than in Europe? l NBER http://bit.ly/1KGuWLy

Thank you as always for joining us on Saturday for HBCU Money™ Dozen. The 12 most important research and finance articles of the week.

The HBCU Money™ Weekly Market Watch

Our Money Matters /\ June 5, 2015

A weekly snapshot of African American owned public companies and HBCU Money™ tracked African stock exchanges.

NAME TICKER PRICE (GAIN/LOSS %)

African American Publicly Traded Companies

Citizens Bancshares Georgia (CZBS) $9.00 (1.12% UP)

M&F Bancorp (MFBP) $4.51 (3.63% DN)

Radio One (ROIA) $3.90 (0.26% UP)

African Stock Exchanges

Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BRVM)  273.47 (0.86% UP)

Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE)  10 577.27 (0.01% UP)

Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)  2 369.44 (4.80% UP)*

Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE)  163.78 (N/A)

Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) 51 694.25 (0.72% UP)

International Stock Exchanges

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) 10 979.33 (0.19% DN)

London Stock Exchange (LSE)  3 711.10 (0.78% DN)

Tokyo Stock Exchange (TOPIX)  1 667.06 (0.41% DN)

Commodities

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