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Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Fall; Fed Continues Easing; HSBC in Trouble

U.S. stocks erased gains as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank can’t offset the...

Eagle Eye Opener: Investors Hurt by Italian Leader’s Plan to Resign; Corn Prices Dip; Wall Street Bonuses Trump Average U.S. Salary

Investors, especially those who own Italian-based financials. incurred paper losses when Italy's prime minister announced his plans to...

Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Up; Volker Rule; Goldman Sachs Predictions

U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index higher for a second day, amid investor optimism...

Eagle Eye Opener: Presidential Election; Big Fines for HSBC

Presidential Election; Big Fines for HSBC

Eagle Eye Opener: Technology Investors Hurt by Lower-than-Expected Earnings at Google and Microsoft; EU Delay in Forming a Single Banking Regulator Clips European Markets

High-tech investors are incurring paper losses as both Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT) came up short in their...

Daily Data Flow: Beware of Jobs Data, Welch Warns; Lehman Brothers May Pay Just 21 Cents on the Dollar; WiFi Provider Ruckus Wireless Plans IPO

Former GE CEO Welch Says White House Manipulates Jobs Data (Bloomberg) Jack Welch, writing on his Twitter account,...

Demise of Small Banks Shows Unintended Consequences of Regulation

Since 1990, when the United States had more than 12,000 commercial banks, the number of financial institutions in...

Why the World’s Alpha Investors Are Nervous

Last week, I popped into London's restaurant and bar of the moment, Novikov, located in the heart of...

How I’ve Made 86.86% Since Jan. 1

Truth be told, I've been on a roll lately. Two of the stock picks in my trading service...