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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What You Can Learn from 2013’s Best ETF Developments

The past 12 months have been another banner year for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but what were the best...

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Consumer Confidence Recovered from Shutdown

The Conference Board reports today that U.S. consumer confidence has risen in December to 78.1, up from a...

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Wall Street Ends Mostly Flat in Thin Trading

Stocks closed mostly flat on Monday following a two-week rally, with weaker-than-forecast housing data and light trading volume...

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Crocs to Receive $200 Million from Blackstone, CEO to Retire

Crocs Inc (CROX.O) announced today that Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) is making a $200 million investment that will...

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Wall Street Ends Mostly Flat Today But up for the Week

U.S. stock indexes finished mostly flat on Friday, with the Dow snapping a six-day streak of record closing...

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U.S. 10-year Yield Hits More than Two-Year High

U.S. benchmark Treasuries yields rose above 3 percent to their highest level in more than two years today...

364 Days until the Next Santa Rally Begins?

This year’s Santa Claus rally prodded the Dow Jones to its 50th record high of the year at...

Make a List of Successful Retailers by Checking the Malls

Investing requires triangulating multiple streams of data to make decisions; that’s why each Christmas season I walk the...

U.S. Markets Ascend Again

The stock market continued its upward climb Thursday to build upon its already historic year of gains.

Profit from the 2014 Market’s Vital Signs

As a market advisor, I am constantly asked about what investors should be paying attention to in order...