Currencies

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Steady as Buffet Buys Heinz; Airline Merger Reduces Flight Options; Discouraging Data Pushes Euro Down

Countering investor concern over the shrinking Japanese and European economies, Warren Buffet's deal for Heinz, as well as...

The Global Guru: How to Make Money from the ‘Big Mac Index’

If you are an average American, you probably don't give much thought to currencies. Yet currencies have a...

Daily Data Flow: S&P Falls after Six-Week Climb; Central Bank Comments Boost Euro; State of the Union

Today, after six weeks of gains, culminating in the S&P 500's highest point since late 2007, the S&P...

Daily Data Flow: European Agreement Boosts Stocks; Americans Using Home Equity; Yen Jumps

European leaders arrived at a budget agreement today, eliminating the uncertainty of the previous few days and giving...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fluctuate on Europe Concerns; Oil Flat Today; Euro Falls against Dollar

While earnings surpassed estimates, U.S. stocks fluctuated as investors were concerned about Europe's debt crisis in anticipation of...

Making Money Alert: The New Currency War

Unless you’ve traveled to Tokyo recently, you may not have noticed that over the past several months, the...

Daily Data Flow: Jobs Data Boosts Dow Past 14,000; Auto Sales Strong in January; Euro Beats Dollar and Yen

Manufacturing and jobs data released today pushed U.S. stocks upward, allowing the Dow to jump 148.14 points, 1.1%,...

Daily Data Flow: U.S. Economy Shrinks; Fed Continues Stimulus;Dollar Hits Low against Euro

From October through December 2012, the U.S. economy experienced its first shrinking since the end of the recession....

Eagle Eye Opener: Euro Ascends; East Asian Markets Climb; Michael Dell Seeks to Buy Back Computer Company

European investors got a dose of good news as the euro climbed to its highest level in 14...

Daily Data Flow: S&P Winning Streak Best Since 2004; Home Builders Try Apartment Rentals; Euro Hits 11-Month High

Demonstrating the continuing rise of the economy from the depths of the Great Recession, profits in U.S. stocks...