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Markets Hit by Sino-Japanese Row
By Marlene Y. SatterFitch Ratings warned that, should the conflict continue, auto and tech companies could see downgrades.
September 14, 2012
Dow Index Adds UnitedHealthThe giant health insurer will replace Kraft Foods, which, in turn, replaced AIG.
September 10, 2012
S&P 500 Should Soon Surpass 1,500 if History Is a GuideNearly seven decades of history foretell an immediate stock price surge following significant market drops, thus signaling a rally in the waning months of the year, S&P Capital IQ's Sam Stovall says in a new equity research report.
September 05, 2012
PIMCO’s Bill Gross: ‘The Age of Inflation Is Upon Us’When yields are too low and risk spreads too narrow, lending is at risk. What's an investor to do?
August 17, 2012
Road to retirement shouldn’t be paved with stocksAdvisors should be instructing clients to work longer, cut spending and use a reverse mortgage, according to a new study.
August 17, 2012
Road to retirement shouldn’t be paved with stocksAdvisors should be instructing clients to work longer, cut spending and use a reverse mortgage, according to a new study.
August 16, 2012
Apple in the DowIn the specific case of Apple, there are reasons to believe that a Dow announcement would benefit the stock.
August 14, 2012
Equities Cult High Priest Malkiel Burns PIMCO’s Gross: Reducing Stocks Would Be ‘Huge Mistake’PIMCO Chairman Bill Gross launched a bond investors jihad recently with his remarks that the cult of equities is dying. Burton Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street, is the latest to fire back.