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The Real Reason the Medtronic Stock Price Is Climbing

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The Medtronic stock price climbed 1% in early morning trading today (Friday) after the company reported a 62% increase in revenue in its latest earnings report.

Revenue from the United states rose 67% to $4.1 billion for the device-based medical therapy company, and accounted for 58% of total revenue.

But Money Morning subscribers need to read on to find out why the MDT stock price is more expensive than shareholders may realize...

Why the SEC Really Pulled the Plug on Stops – and What You Can Do About It

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Last month the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced that it would no longer accept stop-loss and good 'till cancelled (GTC) orders. It went on to say that it would cancel existing orders of those types in its books, too.

The policy, subject to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule filings, goes into effect on February 16, 2016, so there's plenty of time to prepare. Besides, GTC orders usually expire in 90 days, anyway. And of course the brokerages will continue to offer these types of orders. They'll simply trigger in-house and then be sent as limit or market orders for execution.

So, on the surface, this announcement doesn't seem like such a big deal.

But it is a very big deal. Partly for its effect on investors - though I'm going to show you how to get around it - but even more so for what the NYSE and its regulator, the SEC, are telegraphing with this decision: That they're essentially washing their hands of what's about to happen... Full Story

How to Profit from the Paris Talks - No Matter What Politicians Say About Climate Change

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More than 30,000 diplomats have converged on Paris, France, for what is being called "one of the most important international conferences in history."

"Tackling climate change is a shared mission for mankind," said Chinese President Xi Jinping, the head of the world's largest carbon emitter. "All eyes are now on Paris."

"If we act here, if we act now," President Obama added, "if we place our short-term interests behind the air our young people will breathe… then we won't be too late for them."

"Here in Paris," French President Hollande declared, "we will decide on the very future of the planet."

Perhaps I'm too skeptical for my own good, but that's very similar to what world leaders said in 1997 just before the Kyoto Accords. And those have proven to be little more than lip service.

Even if 100% of the Kyoto requirements are followed by 100% of the 192 countries that signed them, they will deliver less than 0.02° Celsius in cooling by 2050 despite costing hundreds of billions of dollars.

Is that worth it?

I have no idea – I'm not a scientific expert.

But I do know beyond any shadow of a doubt that trillions of dollars are going to get set in motion no matter what happens in La Ville Lumière.

Here's what that means for your money and how you can cash in...

The 20 Best Donald Trump Quotes of All Time

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Choosing the best Donald Trump quotes is no easy task, as the Republican presidential front-runner adds to the list almost daily.

Trump has been making outrageous and offensive statements for years, but now that he's running for president, they're getting more attention. Many of the worst examples aren't even off-the-cuff remarks in a speech, but comments he makes on Twitter.

These are not things any presidential hopeful should be saying...