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Fed Minutes Soothe Interest Rate Worries, Stocks Climb

Minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's last minutes have clarified for investors the timing of future possible interest...

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How Direxion Differentiates Itself with Leveraged Funds

A notable provider of alternative investment exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is Direxion. Such alternative investments also can give diversity...

Why Estonia Could be Russia’s Next Target

I've just returned from a fascinating -- and sobering -- weekend in Estonia. If you're like most Americans,...

S&P 500 Loses Year-to-Date Gain on Tech Stock Decline

Including today's trading, the S&P 500 has endured its worst three-session fall since 2011, and the losses have...

Muscovite Makeover: Russia Trying to Establish Financial Identity Again

Moscow has aimed a little lower in its latest attempt to re-invent itself as a financial hub of...

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Princess Cristina of Spain Suspected of Fraud

Spain’s Princess Cristina Federica de Borbon y Grecia will be formally questioned on April 27, 2013 in connection...

Bank of Japan Goes on the Offensive

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

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What the Results of the March Quarter Mean for the Direction of the June Quarter

As we closed the books on the March quarter and opened those for the June one, the Dow...

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Stocks Fall ahead of Monthly Jobs Report

In advance of tomorrow's release of the government's monthly jobs report, stocks fell today, led by consumer and...

What Financial Guru Jim Rogers Said in Singapore on My Asian Cruise

Yesterday, about 50 of us on the FreedomFest Asian cruise heard famed financial guru Jim Rogers ("The Adventure...