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Eagle Eye Opener: Official Minutes of Last Federal Reserve Meeting are Leaked; German and Korean Automakers Improve Sales in China

At least 12 U.S. banks, a Wall Street law firm, a hedge fund and a private equity fund...

Daily Data Flow: China, Earnings Season Boost Stocks; Housing Rebound Raises Homebuilder Stocks; EU Votes against Gas/Oil Company Corruption

Positive anticipation of earnings season again raised stocks for the day, though today's rise was also aided by...

The Global Guru: Why this is a Very Strange Market… and My “Hedge Portfolio”

It is strange time in global financial markets -- stranger than most investors realize. On the one hand,...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks up after Last Week’s Drop; Crowdfunding Growing, Bank Lending Decreasing; Grecian Banks in Need of State Help

In the aftermath of 2013's biggest weekly drop for the S&P 500, stocks rose today as investors anticipated...

Eagle Eye Opener: Japan’s Response to Stimulus Boosts Country’s Market; U.S. Unemployment Reports Hurts European Equites; Samsung Improves Profits

Japanese investors gave a resounding vote of confidence to the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) aggressive stimulus plan yesterday,...

Words of Wisdom from Wayne: Bank of Japan Goes on Offensive; Spain’s Princess Cristina Suspected of Fraud

Bank of Japan (BOJ) reps resurfaced this morning, signaling the end of the country’s two-day policy meeting and,...

ETF Talk: Chinese Energy ETF Offers Juice

We finish our series on energy sector exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with today’s look at a fund that focuses...

Making Money Alert: The Buy-and-Hold Grandfather’s Warning

When Jack Bogle speaks, the market usually stops and listens. That’s because the grandfather of buy-and-hold investing, and...

Eagle Eye Opener: SEC Ruling May Help Facebook and Twitter; Asian and European Markets Dip; Chinese Economic Beauty Only Skin Deep

If you invest in either Facebook (FB) or Twitter (T), you should appreciate the Securities & Exchange Commission...

The Global Guru: Did You Miss the Three Top-Performing Stock Markets of 2013?

With all of the focus on the U.S. markets' refreshingly strong performance in Q1 2013, it's hard to...