SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Brazilian stocks posted modest gains Tuesday, as rising telecom stocks and airline stocks, which got a lift after Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes increased its outlook, offset falling bank stocks.

Vivo Participacoes (VIV) was upgraded today by analysts at Oscar Gruss and the stock is now at $28.67, up $0.08 (0.28%) on volume of 1,161,695 shares traded. The brokerage upgraded...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

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Earning Release Genpact Limited's (NYSE:G) 3Q 09 revenues came in as expected with modest y-o-y and q-o-q growth, led by an uptick in business from non-GE clients. Top-line performance was limited by the declining y-o-y and flattish q-o-q revenue growth from GE, which is a key client. Cost control measures adopted by the company to [...]

Earning Release Genpact Limited's (NYSE:G) 3Q 09 revenues came in as expected with modest y-o-y and q-o-q growth, led by an uptick in business from non-GE clients. Top-line performance was limited by the declining y-o-y and flattish q-o-q revenue growth from GE, which is a key client. Cost control measures adopted by the company to [...]

Gisele Bündchen, the richest supermodel in the world and wife of football star Tom Brady, is pregnant with a baby girl and is expecting in December. Gisele is connected to a lot of publicly traded companies, acting as spokesperson for their products. Tracking the stocks she is connected with from January of 2007, the Gisele Bundchen Stock Index has greatly outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The stocks in her portfolio include:

Volkswagon (VLKAY.PK) TV commercial spokesperson

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL) Advertising campaign face for Ralph Lauren, owned by Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

Vivo Participacoes (VIV) Celebrity endorsement - largest mobile phone service provider in Brazil and in South America

News Corp. (NWS-A) Starred in the comedy, Taxi, in her movie debut, and The Devil Wears Prada , both produced by 20th Century Fox, a division of News Corp.

Procter & Gamble (PG) Celebrity endorsement

Disney (DIS) Celebrity endorsement - appeared in the 'Year of a Million Dreams' celebration photoshoot

The Gisele Index is down only 2% for the last three years versus the Dow which was down 23%. By the way, Apple (AAPL) used to be part of her index because she appeared on the 'Get a Mac' advertisements to promote the new line of Macintosh's a few years ago. If Apple was still in the index, her return would be quite a bit higher.

Other celebrity stock indexes you may be interested in include the Heidi Klum Stock Index, the Eva Longoria Stock Index, the Angelina Jolie Stock Index, the Jessica Alba Stock Index, the Nicole Kidman Stock Index, the Freida Pinto Stock Index, and the Supermodels Stock Indices.

Assumptions:
The Gisele Index is a price-weighted index, similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Author owns DIS, NWS-A, and AAPL.

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var fbShare = {url: 'http://ceoworld.biz/ceo/2009/10/19/general-electric-and-vivendi-in-talks-to-unload-nbc-universal-stake/',size:'large'}General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) are nearing a deal over GE’s acquisition of Vivendi’s minority stake in NBC Universal. That stake is a key element in a potential deal that could give US cable operator Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) control of NBC Universal, and eventually usher GE [...]

Spain’s incumbent telecom carrier Telefonica SA (TEF) has reportedly made an all-cash bid to acquire Brazilian telecom operator GVT Holding SA in an effort to expand its presence in the lucrative Brazilian telecom market. The Spanish operator’s Brazilian fixed-line subsidiary Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo (Telesp) has offered BRL48 (US$27.2) per share of GVT to acquire atleast [...]

(TEF) Telefonica SA Bids to Expand in Brazil

There was a lot of talk about potential host cities for the Olympics lately and the politics associated. That talk died down after Brazil was awarded the honor of hosting. You may be asking “how does that relate to trading”…well my friend Raul of the Shocked Investor is about to make that connection. He has been researching the Brazilian stocks and options recently and more importantly ones traded on American exchanges. Enjoy the article and be sure to leave a comment with your thoughts.[More...]

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