U.S. Investing

Learn the latest to help you profit from investing in U.S.-based assets, such as stocks, funds and options.

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Consumer Data Lifts Stocks

Following two days of decline, stocks rebounded today on the back of the best increase in household purchases...

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Why Cashless Consumption is Getting More Important

If you’ve been in line at any Starbucks location, I bet you have seen someone pay for coffee...

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Get a BDC at a Discount & Grab 11.9 Percent Yield

It is not often that the market offers up a gift to investors, but that may just be...

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Bank, Technology Stocks Bring Market Down

Investors pocketed recent profits today, exiting bank and technology shares to bring the overall market down for the...

McDonald’s Buries Competition with Homemade Profits

With each McDonald’s location averaging around $2.6 million in revenue last year, and number 2 Burger King averaging...

Obama’s Crimea Comments Lead to Lower Stocks

After U.S. President Barack Obama commented that the Crimea-Ukraine-Russia situation was testing the international order, investors responded by...

How to Make the Most of Charles Schwab’s Broad ETF Providings

Charles Schwab’s discount investing company provides one of the industry’s widest selections of exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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Confidence Data Rescues Stocks from Two-Day Drop

After a two-day market skid, stocks rose today, thanks in part to data showing a six-year high in...

How Big Data Rose so Rapidly with IBM’s Bob Picciano

Joining us this week is Bob Picciano, Senior Vice President of IBM’s Information and Analytics Group.

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How You Can Use These Two Strategies to Outperform the Oracle of Omaha

I believe that, because of its size, Berkshire has morphed into a surrogate for the S&P 500. If...