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Making Money Alert: The Tech Tempest in the Teapot

Over the past couple of trading days, there have been a lot of fireworks in the equity markets....

Betting on the Bounce!

Global stock markets resumed their upward trend this week with the Dow Jones rising 0.58% and the S&P...

Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Rise; Softbank Buys Sprint; Skilled-Worker Shortage Exaggerated

U.S. stocks rose, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) rebounded from its biggest weekly drop in...

Waiting for the Market to Bottom

This past week was a tough one for stock markets across the globe. The Dow Jones was down...

Daily Data Flow: U.S. Government Reports Fourth-Largest Deficit Since World War II; S&P 500 Endures Biggest One-Week Drop in Four Months

U.S. Posts Fourth-Largest Budget Deficit Since WWII (Bloomberg) The U.S. government budget deficit for the fiscal year ended...

Daily Data Flow: Four Private Equity Giants Accused of Collusion; Investors Pull $10 Billion from Stock Mutual Funds in One Week; S&P 500 Averts Fifth Straight Day of Losses

Top executives at buyout firms including Blackstone Group LP, KKR & Co., Bain Capital Partners LLC and Carlyle...

Tidying Up Your Portfolio… And a New Option Recommendation

With a whopping 16 holdings, the size of your Dividend Pro portfolio is once again getting too big...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall as Corporate Earnings Outlook Dims; JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon Blasts White House and Congress; U.S. Economic Growth Remains Weak

U.S. stocks extended losses as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a fourth day. “The fear is...

The Global Guru: Markets Climbing a Wall of Worry

Take a step back from the day-to-day headlines, and you'll have to agree... ...global financial markets have been...

PowerTrend Brief: A Big Week for Security, Just Not Job Security

While Friday's September employment report left many investors scratching their heads, including me, the stock market initially greeted...