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S&P’s Stovall: Pleasing Market Tally for 2012, Warning for 2013
By Gil WeinreichSubstantial gains across asset classes in 2012 confirmed the old adage about the market ascending a wall of worry. But the certainty of political fighting over spending cuts in the first quarter should provide market entry opportunities to those who missed last year's ride.
January 01, 2013
House Takes Up Senate’s Fiscal Cliff BillLegislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies is headed to the GOP-dominated House after bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate.
December 31, 2012
Obama Says Cliff Deal ‘in Sight’Speaking from the White House, President Obama said Monday afternoon that a deal to avert the fiscal cliff--at least making sure taxes don't go up on middle class Americans--is "in sight."
December 28, 2012
Wall St. Ignores Noise, Sees Bullish 2013 for StocksWall Street believes that the worlds central banks will do their best in 2013 to force reluctant investors to move their money out of bonds and into stocks.
December 28, 2012
Interest-Rate Risk's Ticking Time Bomb: News AnalysisWhat may seem to Americans like an annual budget crisis, recurring at the end of each year, could morph into a more European style perma-crisis...
December 28, 2012
Philanthropy’s Effect: Millions of Jobs Over Many DecadesGrant making supports millions of jobs, produces billions of dollars in GDP, wages and tax revenues, according to The Philanthropic Collaborative.
December 28, 2012
Senate Pushes House on Fiscal CliffSpeaker of the House John Boehner called for Congess to reconvene on Sunday.
December 26, 2012
Geithner: Debt Ceiling Will Be Reached on New Year’s EveLet the hangover metaphors begin.