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Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall on Fed Minutes; Trade Speculation Lowers Oil; Fed Minutes Aid Dollar Growth

Today's release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting showed debate regarding the direction of further stimulus...

Introducing a New Trading Service to Replace Your Current Dividend Pro Subscription

I am writing to you today with important news regarding your Dividend Pro subscription. As much as I...

Your Stock Picks Keep Powering Ahead…

U.S. and global stock markets were broadly flat over the past week. The Dow Jones was up 0.12%...

Daily Data Flow: S&P Hits Five-Year High; Homebuilder Confidence Down; Yen up on Easing Disagreement

Optimism towards dealmaking has raised the S&P 500 to its highest point in five years. “More deals out...

Taking Some Profits, Locking in Gains

Last week, global markets continued their recent consolidation, with the Dow Jones down 0.08% and the S&P 500...

Eagle Eye Opener: Markets Await Direction from United States; BoA Retirement Assets Surged in 2012; Auto Sales Slide Industry-wide in Europe

With the United States sitting out yesterday’s trading session, world indexes looked to be merely killing time.

Eagle Eye Opener: World Markets End Week Mixed; SEC Looks into Suspicious Trading Before Heinz Acquisition Announcement; Rival Raiders Set Up Herbalife Battle

International markets and U.S futures indexes are ending the week mixed after President Obama’s State of the Union...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Steady as Buffet Buys Heinz; Airline Merger Reduces Flight Options; Discouraging Data Pushes Euro Down

Countering investor concern over the shrinking Japanese and European economies, Warren Buffet's deal for Heinz, as well as...

The Secret Behind a Steady, High-Yield Portfolio

It was a relatively quiet, but overall positive week in global stock markets with the S&P 500 gaining...

Daily Data Flow: Small Stock Rise after State of the Union; More Quitting Points to Economic Recovery; U.S., EU to Begin Free Trade Discussion

Today, stock market results were a mixed bag, though they leaned positive: for every three stocks that fell,...