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Eagle Eye Opener: Markets Await Direction from United States; BoA Retirement Assets Surged in 2012; Auto Sales Slide Industry-wide in Europe

With the United States sitting out yesterday’s trading session, world indexes looked to be merely killing time.

Eagle Eye Opener: World Markets End Week Mixed; SEC Looks into Suspicious Trading Before Heinz Acquisition Announcement; Rival Raiders Set Up Herbalife Battle

International markets and U.S futures indexes are ending the week mixed after President Obama’s State of the Union...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Steady as Buffet Buys Heinz; Airline Merger Reduces Flight Options; Discouraging Data Pushes Euro Down

Countering investor concern over the shrinking Japanese and European economies, Warren Buffet's deal for Heinz, as well as...

The Secret Behind a Steady, High-Yield Portfolio

It was a relatively quiet, but overall positive week in global stock markets with the S&P 500 gaining...

Daily Data Flow: Small Stock Rise after State of the Union; More Quitting Points to Economic Recovery; U.S., EU to Begin Free Trade Discussion

Today, stock market results were a mixed bag, though they leaned positive: for every three stocks that fell,...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise as Investors await Obama; United States Moving towards Energy Independence; Chinese New Year Brings Tourists to United States

Once again, earnings surpassed estimates, and U.S. stocks rose as a result. “This market is front-running better economic...

Eagle Eye Opener: Will State of Union Speech Help Investors?; Goldman Sachs Indicates Market Needs Breather; Barclays Trims Fat

Whether the president says or does anything to help investors is an open question. So, buckle up.

Daily Data Flow: S&P Falls after Six-Week Climb; Central Bank Comments Boost Euro; State of the Union

Today, after six weeks of gains, culminating in the S&P 500's highest point since late 2007, the S&P...

Booking 56% Gains — and Betting on the World’s #1 Stock Market of 2013

Last week was mixed for global stock markets. The Dow Jones was down 0.12%, while the S&P 500...

Eagle Eye Opener: Emerging Market Funds Draw $13 Billion in January; Markets Shine this Morning; China Passes United States as Trade Titan

CNBC reported this morning that investors have been returning back to the equities markets in waves.