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U.S. Stocks Down for Fourth Day Due to Taper Worries

The S&P 500 Index closed down 0.1% today, its fourth red day in a row.

[Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe]

New Japanese Small-Cap ETF Fund Is Promising

Take advantage of Abenomics and the Bank of Japan’s plan to create inflationary, yen-weakening pressures in the Japanese...

U.S. Exports Reach Highest Recorded Level, Trade Deficit Shrinks

U.S. exports reached $192.7 billion in October, which is the highest level ever recorded, and the trade gap...

Disappointing Christmas Present

Target’s Stocking Gets a Lump of Coal

With the holiday season upon us, retailers typically drink in revenues and watch their share prices soar. While...

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$2.3 Billion in Fines for Euro-Rate Rigging

The European Commission (EC) handed down its largest fines ever, totaling $2.3 billion, for interest rate rigging.

[unhappy Christmas shopper]

Retail, Economic Data Lower Stocks

U.S. stocks hit their third straight session of decline as investors scoured retail sales and economic data in...

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How You Can Crush the Market with Private Equity

After getting pummeled more than most in the market meltdown of 2008, private-equity investing is back in vogue....

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Factory Prices Down in the Euro Zone

Factory prices fell by 0.5% from September to October and by 1.4% year-to-year in the 17-country euro zone.

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Goldman Sachs to Investors: China up by 19% in 2014

Goldman Sachs’ analysts are projecting that Chinese stocks -- as represented by the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index...

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Stocks Dip as Thanksgiving Weekend Sales Lag

Shoppers spent less than a year ago during the Thanksgiving weekend and that slippage weighed stocks down on...