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S&P 500 Snaps Three-Day Skid; Gold Rallies from Three-Week Low; Nikkei Falls to One-Month Low
S&P 500 Snaps Three-Day Skid (Bloomberg) After declining 1.1% in the past three sessions, the S&P rose Thursday,...
Stocks Fall on Fed Comments; Six-Month High for Service Sector Growth; Weak Payroll Data Boosts Gold
Stocks dropped from record highs today, as investors weighed stronger-than-forecast growth in service industries and comments from a...
S&P 500 Pares Monthly Gain; Asian Stocks Decline, Yen Rises; Buyers Boost Gold Futures
S&P 500 Pares Monthly Gain (Bloomberg) All three major U.S. stock indices fell today, as housing data damaged investor...
U.S. Stocks Extend Gains; Gold Price Rises More Than 3%; Abe Win Boosts Yen Against U.S. Dollar
U.S. Stocks Extend Gains (Bloomberg) On Monday, investment in equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reached a five-year high, fueling...
General Electric Gains Boost U.S. Stocks; Gold Hits One-Month High; Fed Comments Continue to Bring U.S. Dollar Down
General Electric Gains Boost U.S. Stocks U.S. stocks rose Friday, as General Electric's 4.6% gain offset losses by...
Daily Data Flow: Ben Bernanke Clarifies Fed Policy; U.S. Stocks Rally on Fed Flexibility; Gold Falls as the Dollar Rises
In comments made today, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke advised that the bank’s current quantitative easing (QE) policy...
Daily Data Flow: New S&P 500 High, Gold Falls, A Fed President Calls for Tapering
New High for Standard and Poor 500 (Bloomberg) Financial stocks pushed the S&P 500 to a new record Friday,...
Are Precious Metals a Good Inflation Hedge?
“Gold isn’t such a hot inflation hedge.” -- Alexander Green My friend Alex Green, investment director of the...
The Global Guru: Two Investments You’ll Hate but Will Make You Big Money
Most investors would love to forget the last six weeks. After all, even the most robust and time-tested...
S&P 500 Snaps Winning Streak; U.S. Business Activity Slows; Gold Miners Trade Similar to Junk as Bullion Sinks Below $1,200
Business activity in the U.S. cooled more than projected in June, a regional report showed today.