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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Currency Safe-Havens Bounce on Chinese Money Market Spike

Chinese money-market rates rose precipitously as the People’s Bank of China acted to tighten liquidity and prevent risky...

The Yellen Destiny

The government shutdown and the debt ceiling are off the minds of traders, at least for another few...

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Private Equity Tax Break in Danger

A ruling against Sun Capital Partners in a case regarding pension fund liability has placed the tax treatment...

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Watching What You Want, When You Want with Slingbox

Joining me this week on PowerTalk is Brian Jaquet, senior marketing manager of Slingbox. We discuss not only...

S&P 500 on Course for Biggest Annual Gains in a Decade

The S&P 500 is up 23 percent for the year, which is within one percentage point of a...

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Eli Lilly Posts Better-than-Expected Earnings for Q3

Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings today.

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Apple Praised after New Product Reveal

After revealing new products in its successful iPad tablet line today, Apple Inc. (AAPL) received positive attention from...

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Who Is ‘Better Than Buffett’ and ‘Richer Than Soros’?

Warren Buffett has a seemingly unassailable reputation as the world's #1 investor. Yet, even as Buffett has outperformed...

Worse-than-Expected Jobs Report; Tapering Expected to Continue

Economists expected the September jobs report to add 180,000 non-farm jobs; it added a mere 148,000.

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Netflix CEO Worried about Déjà vu

If you’ve followed the S&P 500 at all this year, then you probably know that Netflix is the...