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General Electric Gains Boost U.S. Stocks; Gold Hits One-Month High; Fed Comments Continue to Bring U.S. Dollar Down

General Electric Gains Boost U.S. Stocks U.S. stocks rose Friday, as General Electric's 4.6% gain offset losses by...

Chinese Debt to Stumble After 16-Year Run; Global Indexes Go Their Own Way; Bubble Me Once, Shame On You… Bubble Me Twice

Investors in Chinese corporate debt have just received a wakeup call. After a total of 38 Chinese debt...

S&P 500 Hits New Record; U.S. Oil Reaches 16-Month High; U.S. Dollar and Euro Rise on Yen

S&P 500 Hits New Record (Bloomberg) The S&P reached a new record Thursday, as a second day of Congressional...

Daily Data Flow: Ben Bernanke Clarifies Fed Policy; U.S. Stocks Rally on Fed Flexibility; Gold Falls as the Dollar Rises

In comments made today, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke advised that the bank’s current quantitative easing (QE) policy...

A Week of Solid Gains Across the Globe

It was another solid week for U.S. stocks, as the S&P 500 rose 1.48% and the NASDAQ jumped...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall on Fed Official’s Comments; U.S. Dollar Drops Against Euro; Inflation to Rise as Stimulus Slows

Stocks Fall on Fed Official's Comments (Bloomberg) Stocks fell on Tuesday, as the S&P 500 ended its longest winning...

Taking 59.55% Profits in Stratasys (SSYS) Options

With the Stratasys (SSYS) share price popping 3.08% yesterday, the stock is now up 13.69% since my initial...

Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Rise as Earnings Season Starts; Dollar Beats Euro on Fed Speculation; Nationwide Retail Sales Disappoint

The dollar climbed against both the euro and yen today, as traders said last week’s selloff was overdone.

Big Gains Ahead in This Health-Care Winner

It was another solid week for both U.S. and global stock markets. The S&P 500 was up 2.42%...

Equities and Real Estate Trump Bonds and Commodities as Investments

LAS VEGAS--Astute stock pickers still have good investment opportunities, despite uncertainty about when the Fed will follow through...