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Book Your Profits on the Buyout of China Kanghui Holdings (KH)

Last week was a staid one for most global stock markets. The Dow Jones was up 0.18%, S&P...

Daily Data Flow: S&P 500 Falls as Spain Seeks Bailout Funding; Retail Stocks Could be Helped by Holiday Sales; Mixed Results for Auto Industry Investors

S&P 500 Falls After Spain Says Bailout Not Imminent (Bloomberg) U.S. stocks fell as Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Beat Commodities and Bonds in September; Fed Chairman Bernanke Tries to Explain Purpose of QE3; Hedge Funds’ Returns Fall; “Fiscal Cliff” Worries Mount

Stocks Beat Bonds, Commodities With Longest Rally Since 2007 (Bloomberg) Emerging markets led global stocks to the fourth monthly...

PowerTrend Brief: Manufacturing, Jobs and the Presidential Debate in Focus This Week

Last week closed the books on the third quarter from both corporate and investor perspectives. In the last...

Another Bet on Booming Biotech — If You Dare

Global stock markets continued their recent pullback last week. The Dow Jones was down 1.05% and the S&P...

Daily Data Flow: Wall Street Posts Stock Third Quarter; Watch out Taxpayers! Postal Service Prepares to Default

Wall Street posts best third quarter since 2010 (Reuters) Wall Street closed its best third quarter since 2010,...

How To Play Defense in Dividend Pro

U.S. and global markets pulled back this past week, with the S&P 500 dropping 2.32% and the MSCI...

Daily Data Flow: S&P 500 Incurs Longest Sustained Drop Since July; World Stocks Expected to Rise by Year-end; Greece Looks Like Better Investment than China

S&P 500 Has Longest Drop Since July Amid Europe Concern (Bloomberg) U.S. stocks fell for a fifth day,...

The Bull Takes A Breather

Global stock markets took a breather last week. The Dow Jones fell 0.79% and the S&P 500 dropped...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall Amid Fed Bank President’s Skeptical View of Bond Buying Plan; Groupon’s Skid Hurts Nasdaq; Home Prices Rise

U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Plosser Comments on Fed Stimulus (Bloomberg) U.S. stocks declined today, erasing earlier gains in...