U.S. Investing

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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...

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Facebook Volatility Shakes Investors

With advertising revenue up 66 percent, you’d think Facebook (FB) shareholders would be on top of the world....

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Fed Announcement Snaps Stock Success Streak

Investors took the Federal Reserve's announcement of its intent to maintain its current easy-money policy as a sign...

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And the Easy Money Keeps on Rolling

The money spigot is going to be open for a lot longer. According to most market watchers, including...

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Fed Maintains Easy Money

In its meeting today, the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to maintain its current $85 billion-per-month bond purchasing, citing...

Earnings, Fed Expectations Boost Stocks

A combination of estimate-beating earnings and expectations that the Federal Reserve will decide in its meeting this week...

Dollar Rises ahead of Fed Meeting

Investors expect that the Federal Reserve will decide to continue its stimulus policy in its meeting this week....

‘Double Your Dividends’ in a Zero Interest Rate World

With many retail investors abandoning income investing in droves, you may be surprised to learn that there are...

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Pfizer 3Q Earnings Powered by Oncology, Beat Estimates

The United States’ largest drug maker, Pfizer Inc., reported that Q3 earnings beat estimates.