U.S. Investing

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

S&P 500 Has Worst Week Since 2012

Today featured the worst one-day decline in U.S. stocks since June of last year, wrapping up a weekly...

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Traders Watching to See if Two-Day Sell-Off is Just the Start

With two straight decidedly down days for stocks, traders are wary about whether the sell-off could be a...

How You Can Make it Through a Rough Market

If you're wondering why the stock market has gotten significantly choppier in 2014 after that strong fourth-quarter rally...

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Wall Street Slides on China Data, Earnings

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average recording its third consecutive day of losses,...

McDonald’s Reports Reduced Visits in Quarter, Expects Weak January

McDonald's Corp (MCD.NYSE) reported weaker-than-expected quarterly sales at established restaurants on Thursday as fewer diners visited the fast-food...

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Incoming Earnings Buoy U.S. Stocks

Most stocks rose today as earnings continued to pour in from a plethora of publicly traded companies.

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Why Consensus on Wall Street is Dangerous

When it comes to a widespread consensus in the markets, I tend to get very nervous.

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T-Mobile Entering Consumer Banking

T-Mobile announced a Mobile Money service, aimed at customers who rely on expensive check-cashing and payday loan services.

Netflix Q4 2013 Income Rises Five-Fold over Previous Year

Thirty-one analysts polled by Bloomberg regarding Netflix’s (NFLX) fourth quarter performance arrived at the following consensus figures: Net...

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Michigan Math: Big 3 – Big 1 = Big 2

After a lengthy negotiation process, Italian car company Fiat finally acquired a 100 percent ownership stake in Chrysler.