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Daily Data Flow: Dow on Longest Rally Since 1996; Consumption Going Strong; Dollar Hits Seven-Month High

The still-rising Dow is now on its longest rally since 1996. Today, stocks were boosted by a strong...

Booking 105.41% gains on NTI Options

Although the market pulled back yesterday, Northern Tier Energy (NTI) stock soared 4.37%, ahead of earnings to be...

Daily Data Flow: S&P Falls Slightly; Gas Prices Falling; Small Businesses Slow to Hire

A day after coming within nine points of its all-time high, the S&P 500 fell 0.2 percent today,...

Daily Data Flow: S&P Nears All-Time High; Politics Holding United States Back; Nikkei at 4-1/2-Year Peak

Just a few days after the Dow began topping its all-time best, today the S&P 500 got very...

Betting on the Japanese Bull Market

The S&P 500 was up 2.17% this past week, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) hit new...

Daily Data Flow: Employment Growth Boosts Stocks; Italy’s Rating Cut after Election; Dollar Rises against Yen, Euro

Stocks rose again today, this time on the back of data showing forecast-beating jobs growth and an unexpected...

Take What the Fed Gives You

Did you hear that the Dow Jones Industrial Average just hit a new all-time high? Of course you...

Eagle Eye Opener: Markets Rise around the World; U.S. Unemployment Rate Expected to Have Dipped a Bit in February; U.S. Retirees Lose Ground

Aside from an occasional straggler, you won’t see too many red numbers for global indexes today.

Daily Data Flow: Dow Keeps Climbing; Consumer Borrowing at Record High; Euro Rebounds on Bank President’s Comments

Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average again extended its record high, due in part to data showing that...

Daily Data Flow: Dow Extends Record High; Fed: Government in Way of Recovery; Euro Slips against Dollar

Today, a report showing a jobs increase and positive comments from the Federal Reserve on the economy contributed...