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Daily Data Flow: Stocks up after Last Week’s Drop; Crowdfunding Growing, Bank Lending Decreasing; Grecian Banks in Need of State Help

In the aftermath of 2013's biggest weekly drop for the S&P 500, stocks rose today as investors anticipated...

PowerTrend Brief: Where to Fish for Stocks in Today’s Market

Questions arose again last week about the strength of the U.S. economic recovery. While construction spending in February...

Eagle Eye Opener: Japan’s Response to Stimulus Boosts Country’s Market; U.S. Unemployment Reports Hurts European Equites; Samsung Improves Profits

Japanese investors gave a resounding vote of confidence to the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) aggressive stimulus plan yesterday,...

Words of Wisdom from Wayne: Bank of Japan Goes on Offensive; Spain’s Princess Cristina Suspected of Fraud

Bank of Japan (BOJ) reps resurfaced this morning, signaling the end of the country’s two-day policy meeting and,...

ETF Talk: Chinese Energy ETF Offers Juice

We finish our series on energy sector exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with today’s look at a fund that focuses...

Making Money Alert: The Buy-and-Hold Grandfather’s Warning

When Jack Bogle speaks, the market usually stops and listens. That’s because the grandfather of buy-and-hold investing, and...

Eagle Eye Opener: SEC Ruling May Help Facebook and Twitter; Asian and European Markets Dip; Chinese Economic Beauty Only Skin Deep

If you invest in either Facebook (FB) or Twitter (T), you should appreciate the Securities & Exchange Commission...

The Global Guru: Did You Miss the Three Top-Performing Stock Markets of 2013?

With all of the focus on the U.S. markets' refreshingly strong performance in Q1 2013, it's hard to...

Eagle Eye Opener: Weather Predicts Retail Sales Jump; Euro Zone Shows Resiliency; Far Eastern Markets Mixed

The Weather Channel predicts retail sales will rise and cause spring apparel to "fly off the shelves as...

Daily Data Flow: Euro Down on Cyprus, Italy Worries; South Korean Debt Relief Troubled; Nikkei Makes Slight Gain

With the U.S. Market closed today for Good Friday, Daily Data Flow will wrap up its week with...