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Fresh concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis rattled markets Tuesday. Stock futures fell modestly after the ratings of a major European bank were cut.
Will corporate profits save the stock rally — or kill it?
Maybe the dumb money isn't so dumb after all.
Goldman Sachs & Co. reminded investors that the stock market can still go down.
For stock market investors, everything outside of what companies earn is pretty much noise.
Investors are betting that small-caps will be the stock market's standouts as the economy improves.
NEW YORK — On March 9, 2009, it felt like the world was ending.
The threats seem to be coming from all directions.
Interest rates fell in the bond market Wednesday as concerns grew that reduced bank lending in China would disrupt a global economic recovery.
Regulators on Friday shut down two small banks in Illinois and Minnesota, the second and third bank failures of 2010 following 140 closures last year amid the weak economy and mounting loan defaults.
Interest rates rose in the bond market Wednesday as a rebound in stocks sent Treasury prices lower.
Few analysts forecast this year's remarkable stock market rebound as major indexes were plunging to 12-year lows last March. Now, with most experts predicting the pace of stocks' gains will slow in 2010, there's reason to believe they will be proven correct.
Investors treaded water for a second day Wednesday as a batch of mixed economic reports and signs of division among Federal Reserve policymakers offered little new insight into the economy.
A string of exploding investment bubbles that started with the dot-coms and ended with mortgages and oil dominated the years from 2000 to 2009. And it looks like the next decade will be no different.
Mutual fund investors should get a feeling of satisfaction when they read their year-end statements.
Gold failed to hold on to early gains Friday, falling for the fifth time in six days as the dollar strengthened.
The stock market struggled but held its ground Wednesday as an upbeat assessment of the economy from the Federal Reserve offset drops in banks and energy companies.
Stocks drifted lower Wednesday after an unexpected drop in home construction and disappointing forecasts from technology companies added to worries about the economic recovery.
Regulators on Friday shut small banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 119 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.
It has been clear for some time that business is getting better. The coming week will give investors an idea of how much.
A year ago this weekend, the Dow Jones industrial average had just finished a slow-motion crash. Over eight days, it fell 2,400 points, or 22 percent, and stood at 8,451.
Regulators have shut Warren Bank in Warren, Mich., and two small banks in Colorado and Minnesota, boosting the number of failed U.S. banks this year to 98 as loan defaults rise in the worst financial climate in decades.
Investors retreated further from stocks Friday as the pile of disappointing economic reports grew larger.
As the third quarter ends, the performance of many mutual funds confirms that investors have regained their taste for risk amid more signs of an economic recovery.
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