U.S. Investing

Learn the latest to help you profit from investing in U.S.-based assets, such as stocks, funds and options.

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Stocks Rise on Commodities Rally

Following last week's gain marking the fourth straight positive week for the S&P 500, stocks rose again today...

Market to End Year 20% above Record High

Following an 85-year old trend, the S&P 500 Index should power 6 percent higher through year’s end, reaching...

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Stocks Rise on Earnings, Factory Data

U.S. stocks rose today, after two straight down sessions, to notch the S&P's fourth straight weekly gain. The...

Global Factories Pick up the Pace in October

Last month, manufacturing across the world expanded, with U.S. factory output growing at its best rate in more...

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Cable Operators are Ripe to Outperform the Market and Other Media Sectors

Cable operators are on track to be the most profitable investments in the media and entertainment sector this...

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IPOs from the NFL

Vernon Davis, the starting tight end for the San Francisco 49ers, is the second National Football League (NFL)...

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Twitter IPO Appears Oversubscribed

Interest in Twitter, Inc.’s (TWTR} upcoming initial public offering (IPO) is quickly building, with the banks managing the...

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Titans Clash in Silicon Valley over Patents

uters) Rockstar, the tech consortium jointly owned by Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, Ericsson and Sony, has sued Samsung, HTC...

Fed Fears Punish Stocks

As earnings reports continued to flow in, investors began to worry about when the Federal Reserve will begin...

CurrencyGate? Global Banks Put Currency Dealers on Leave

As if JPMorgan Chase & Co. investors didn’t have enough to worry about with the $13-plus billion settlement...