Author: InvestAdvocate

Home prices dip in September after string of gains: CoreLogic

Home prices slipped in September after gaining for six months in a row as values were weighed down by cheaper distressed sales, data from CoreLogic showed on Tuesday. CoreLogic Inc’s home price index fell 0.3 percent from August. Prices were still up strongly compared with a year ago, rising 5 […]

Stanbic IBTC Reports N64bn in Gross Revenue in 9 Months

Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Standard Bank Group, has reported gross earnings of N64.0 billion for the nine-month period, which  ended on September 30, 2012, representing some 35 per cent increase over the N47.4 billion recorded in the comparable period of 2011. According to the bank’s unaudited results released […]

Naira Falls as CBN Slashes Dollar Supply

The naira slipped against the United States dollar at the interbank segment of the forex market Monday  as demand for the greenback surpassed its supply. Specifically, the naira fell by 58 kobo at the interbank as it closed at N157.40 to a dollar Monday, compared with the N156.82 to a […]