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U.S. Retail Sales, Business Inventories and Sales, Import-Export Prices Signal Slower Recovery
By Joyce HansonIn a day rife with disparate economic data, U.S. business inventories were up but trade and manufacturers' sales fell along with retail and food services sales, and import and export prices both declined.
July 13, 2010
Merk Analyst Sees Inflation Risk When Lenders Loosen StringsCurrency experts at Merk Mutual Funds have an interesting point of view on the inflation-deflation debate.
July 13, 2010
Three funds that pay dividendsAre your clients' returns getting gobbled up by fees? Actively-managed funds have been a disappointment to many investors sitting on dividend-paying stocks, Christine Benz writes for Morningstar.
July 13, 2010
Three funds that pay dividendsAre your clients' returns getting gobbled up by fees? Actively-managed funds have been a disappointment to many investors sitting on dividend-paying stocks, Christine Benz writes for Morningstar.
July 13, 2010
U.S. Trade Gap Widens in May; Budget Deficit Shrinks in June, but Still Above $1 TrillionU.S. economic reports released Tuesday, July 13, showed that the trade deficit grew in May to more than $42 billion and the federal government ran a budget deficit of $68 billion in June.
July 12, 2010
Schwab, JPMorgan, BofA, Citigroup Kick Off Q2 2010 Earnings WeekAmid a volatile performance recently in the U.S. stock markets, banks, insurers, mutual fund companies, and third-party custodians will start reporting second-quarter 2010 earnings this week, starting with SCHW, JPM, BAC, and C.