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FBI Raids Three Hedge Fund Offices
By John SullivanThe FBI raided the offices of three hedge funds Monday, seeking documents related to a series of insider trading investigations directed by the office of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
November 05, 2010
Dividend-Paying Stocks from Emerging Markets Pay OffLaudus Mondrian's Andrew Miller finds success with a dividend-discount model
October 19, 2010
LPL's Kleintop: Market Structure Fears Behind 'Buyers Strike'U.S. stocks are up 15% in the last three and a half months, according to Jeffrey Kleintop, chief market strategist at LPL Financial, but individual investors are doing more selling than buying.
October 19, 2010
China to Raise Interest RatesIn a surprising move, The People's Bank of China announced Tuesday that it would raise interest rates for the first time in three years.
October 18, 2010
Stocks Close Higher After Mixed Housing, Manufacturing NewsMixed economic news on the housing and manufacturing fronts did not prevent the stock market from rising as third-quarter bank earnings showed continued strength with Citigroup's report of $2.17 billion in profits.
October 10, 2010
Finding a Place to Hide in the Next Broad-Market PlungeCommodity trends funds are a unique hedge against poor stock performance
October 01, 2010
Room to Grow: Sentiment Augurs More Market Gains: Searching for Alpha for October 2010Last month's Searching for Alpha newsletter listed several reasons why I feel stocks are heading higher.
October 01, 2010
Will the Trading Range Break to the Up- or Downside?Over the past few months, the stock market's performance has been making investors sick as expectations from both bulls and bears go unfulfilled.