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Stocks Plunge On Europe Worries

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks sank on Wednesday as surging bond yields in Spain and Italy ratcheted up tensions in financial markets abou...

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Is It A Terrible Idea To Own Shares In Your Company's Stock?

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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By David K. Randall NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Buying stock that then falls sharply is painful, especially for investors who also ha...

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Stocks Close At Highest Level Since Before Crisis

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.02.2012

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-- STRONG RISE: U.S. stocks rose to multi-year highs on Monday after a positive report on U.S. manufacturing. The Institute for Supply Management sai...

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How to Manage Risk of Stock Investments Today?

Irene Aldridge | Posted 03.26.2012

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With globalization reshaping traditional business models, domestic stock-issuing firms are under increasing margin-reducing pressure from lean foreign competitors.

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How Buffett's Stocks Did Last Quarter

24/7 Wall St. | JON C. OGG | Posted 10.16.2011

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of June 30, 2011. These public stock hold...

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Europe: Lacking a Long-Term Solution

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 10.14.2011

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Over the last few days we have seen a tremendous amount of volatility in the markets, epitomizing the lack of clarity with which many investors have struggled.

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JPMorgan Report: Tax Holiday Would Pack 'Bigger Punch' Than Fed Policies

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 08.30.2011

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This post has been corrected. Thomas Lee, chief equity strategist at JPMorgan, would really, really like a tax repatriation holiday. Lee release...

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Stocks Suffer Six Weeks Of Losses

Posted 08.11.2011

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(Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 closed out their sixth week of losses on Friday as further signs of a global economic slowdown set the stage for m...

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How Bernanke Takes His Porridge

Pamela Rosenau | Posted 05.25.2011

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Because of the tenuous situation in the Middle East, policymakers have to cool their jets. Prior to these events, the 'DO NOT WALK' sign was already flashing when it came to buying bonds.

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My S&M Relationship With Citi and Morgan

Martin T. Sosnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Finally, I understand why loan volume at major banks remains stillborn. Bankers only want to write loans on their own draconian terms.

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Copper and Coal, the Poor Man's Gold

Martin T. Sosnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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I am in love with copper, with coal, iron ore and oil, too, in that order, but not gold. Honchos scored with gold last year, but now gold is coming in, even with the Middle East in flux and incindiary.

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Trade in Your Bonds for Equities

Martin T. Sosnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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The world is witnessing serious commodity inflation in oil, copper, iron ore and grains. All this could lead to tightening by central banks, worldwide.

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Trend Reversals

Pamela Rosenau | Posted 05.25.2011

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The extremely undervalued, large cap quality stock universe is finally showing signs of life. Since late November, value stocks have been outperformin...

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Stocks TUMBLE On Job Fears

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — No matter where they look, investors are seeing economic trouble. Stocks and interest rates plunged Tuesday after signs of slowing e...

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How to Fight Back Against Wall Street -- Starve the Beast

Warren Mosler | Posted 05.25.2011

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A large part of the Wall Street food supply is the U.S. pension system. Right now these are bloated whales being eaten alive by the sharks. But that can change.

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While Larry Summers Dreams, You Can Act

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

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What can an investor do? For advice, I sat down with Marc Harris of RBC, one of the few large banks that maneuvered a clear course through the economic turmoil.

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