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PowerTrend Brief: Trading Election Uncertainty for Fiscal Cliff Uncertainty

As we all are well aware now, the 2012 presidential election is over, and President Obama will remain...

Making Money Alert: The Presidential Election Aftermath

The markets fall in the wake of Tuesday’s election results.

Eagle Eye Opener: Obama Wins; Fiscal Cliff Looms

With Obama’s second term now assured after yesterday’s election, world markets kept on keepin’ on, virtually shrugging their...

Eagle Eye Opener: CEOmageddon; Apple Earnings; Futures Up

CEOmageddon; Apple Earnings; Futures Up

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: Beware of Jobs Data, Welch Warns; Lehman Brothers May Pay Just 21 Cents on the Dollar; WiFi Provider Ruckus Wireless Plans IPO

Former GE CEO Welch Says White House Manipulates Jobs Data (Bloomberg) Jack Welch, writing on his Twitter account,...

Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Lifted by Forecasts for Jobs and Service Sector; Hewlett-Packard Shareholders Suffer Paper Losses; Pimco’s Bill Gross Calls United States Debt Addict

U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index higher for a third day, as better-than-forecast growth...

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...

Debt Concerns in Europe Cause Dip in the Markets

Concern about the mounting European debt crisis spurred selling this morning and caused the U.S. stock market to...

Sen. Coburn Foresees Runaway Spending with Obamacare Affirmed

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Ok., a physician and a former health-care company entrepreneur, said in an exclusive interview with...