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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...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise on Factory Orders; Auto Sales Strong in March; Dollar Rebounds from Low against Yen

Today, U.S. stocks rose, thanks in part to factory orders surpassing estimates and concerns over Cyprus and the...

Daily Data Flow: Manufacturing Data Lowers Stocks; Corn Supply up, Prices down; Dollar, Euro Fall against Yen

U.S. manufacturing grew less than predicted last month, according to a new report, and that news sent stocks...

Profiting from Obamacare

Last week was a quiet, holiday-shortened trading week, despite the S&P 500 breaking out to a new record...

Daily Data Flow: S&P 500 Reaches Record Highs; Student Loan Debt an Increasing Problem; Nikkei Falls on Profit Taking

Data showing that economic growth slowed less than predicted and that concerns about Europe were easing were partially...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Drop Slightly; Twitter Welcomes High Ad Revenue; Chinese Banks Boost Hong Kong Stocks

Concerns over Europe's debt crisis, as exemplified by the Cyprus affair, lowered today, but not enough to result...

Eagle Eye Opener: U.S. Markets Notches Highs Amid Cyprus Uncertainty; Asian Markets Roar Like Tigers

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) hit another all-time high yesterday, closing at 14,559.65. The S&P 500, nearly...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rebound on Good Data; Strong Housing Numbers; Cyprus Worries Keeping Euro Down

Thanks to forecast-beating durable goods orders in February and the biggest increase in home prices since 2006, U.S....

Daily Data Flow: Cyprus Bank Deal Hits U.S. Stocks, Russian Investors, Euro

Investor optimism fell in the aftermath of Cypriot banks reaching a deal, causing U.S. stocks to fall for...

A Good Old-Fashioned Momentum Play

Overall, global stock markets ended the week broadly flat. The Dow Jones barely eked out a gain, and...