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Home Sales Reaching Fast Pace; Dollar Rallies to Highs on Bernanke’s Comments; Stocks Fall on Concern Fed will Scale Back Stimulus

Strong demand and limited supply have been boosting home sales to hit a pace that is nearly three...

No Sign of ‘Sell in May and Go Away’

It was yet another strong week in U.S. markets. The S&P 500 jumped 1.14% to match exactly the...

Booking a Pair of Option Gains of 66.67% and 51.01%

Japan continues its relentless rise, as do your related exchange-traded fund (ETF) and options positions. Your leveraged bet...

Daily Data Flow: Fannie Mae Becomes Cash Cow; Dollar Dips on Official’s Remarks; Stocks Rise on Recommendation to Keep Stimulus

Mortgage giant Fannie Mae reported a record net income of just more than $58 billion for the first...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall on Stimulus Reactions; Economists Foresee Consumer Spending Rise; Yen Ascends on Official’s Comments

Stocks fell today, due mainly to investors weighed corporate deals alongside how the central banks' stimulus efforts have...

Celebrating Big Profits in Japan — And a Pair of Irish Options

It was yet another strong week for U.S. markets, with the Dow Jones up 1.56% and the S&P...

Reasons Remain for Fed to Keep Easy-Money Policies Fueling Equities

Compelling reasons exist for the Federal Open Market Committee to stay with easy-money policies that have kept the...

Americans Eating their Way Back to Fiscal Health?; Chinese Investor Behaves Oddly; Green Wave Lifts Markets

Americans spent some $45.9 billion on dining out in April of this year, according to the U.S. Census...

Is George Soros a New Gold Indicator?; Markets Soar to New Highs Again; Wal-Mart Sales Slip

The best indicator for gold price movement may be George Soros.

Daily Data Flow: S&P and DOW Hit All-Time Highs Again, Optimism Remains; Treasury 10-Year Yields Fall from Two-Month High; 2013 Graduating Class Entering Weakened Economy

The S&P and DOW hit all-time highs earlier today as stocks edged up, continuing the market’s recent upward...