U.S. Investing

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

[waiting]

Jobs Growth Balances Ukraine Tension as Stocks Change Little

Jobs growth beat forecasts while tensions in Ukraine continued; as a result, stocks made only a slight increase...

[woman shopping at grocery store]

250,000 Jobs Now Available for Clean Up in Aisle 9

In a marriage grocer heavyweights, Safeway (SWY) and Albertsons have agreed to a merger, creating a new retail...

[Warren Buffett]

What Weather and Warren Buffett Can Tell Us about the Economy

Earlier this week, we were hit with yet another winter storm here outside of the Washington, D.C., area,...

Staples to Shutter 225 Stores to Correct Slide

Staples Inc. (SPLS), is the largest retail supplier of office materials in the United States. So you’d think...

[Stock traders]

Why the Number of Public Companies is Shrinking

The Wilshire 5000 Stock Index is supposed to be the ultimate measure of the U.S. stock market, but...

Stocks Barely Move on Ukraine Tension, Economic Data

Following the big moves made by the market earlier this week, stocks held mostly steady today as investors...

A trader looks at a mixed financial picture

How Stocks Bounced Back and Where They are Headed

A huge down month for stocks in January was followed by a big rebound in February, and now...

[Vladimir Putin]

Stocks Reach Record High on Vladimir Putin’s Comments on Ukraine Situation

Russian President Vladimir Putin made comments today indicating that the current crisis in the Ukraine will not immediately...

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Where Mobile Technology is Headed with Liam Griffin of Skyworks Solutions

That’s right, this PowerTalk is another soup to nuts conversation on where mobile is today and where it...

Stocks Make Minor Gains for Third Straight Day

Continuing consumer confidence and investor belief that the Federal Reserve will support the economy led to small stock...