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Daily Data Flow: Stocks Suffer on Low Retail Numbers; Dividends Climbing; Tax Dodging Costly for EU

Data showing an unexpected retail sales drop in March, along with a commodities decrease and a slight decline...

Eagle Eye Opener: U.S. Market Struggles to Recover in Early Trading from Weaker-than-Expected Retail Sales; Dow and S&P 500 Retain Investor Confidence to Hit All-Time Highs

The stock market is struggling to regain its upward momentum after trading down in early action this morning...

Daily Data Flow: Four-Day Winning Streak for Stocks; Cyprus Eases Bank Restrictions; Dollar Falls against Yen

The S&P 500 continued to rise, doing so for a fourth consecutive session on the back of March's...

Booking 71.43% Option Gains on the Japanese Rally

The Bank of Japan's quantitative easing has put a fire under Asia's biggest stock market, as Japan’s Nikkei...

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...

Upping Your Bets on the Japanese Bull Market

Last week was not a great one for global stock markets, with the S&P 500 down 1.01% and...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall on Small Payroll Increase; Consumer Credit Has Most Growth in Half a Year; Dollar, Yen Fall

U.S. stocks took a sizable fall today due to data showing that jobs added in March were less...

Daily Data Flow: Stimulus Efforts Boost Market; Oil Left out of Market Rally; Dollar, Euro Beat Easing Yen

Stocks rose today, with investor optimism over stimulus efforts overcame fears caused by an increase in U.S. jobless...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Drop on Energy, Financials; Growth in Service Sector at Seven-Month Low; Oil, Dollar Fall

Falling financial and energy stocks today dragged down U.S. stocks, pulling the S&P 500 down from its recent...

A New S&P 500 Record — and Your New Holding in Silver Bay Realty Trust (SBY)

The big news of the week was that the S&P 500 broke out to new nominal highs, finally...