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Strong jobs report lifts stocks to record highs

As financial markets continue to broaden and deepen, the behavior of asset prices will play an important role in the formulation of monetary policy going forward, perhaps a more important role than in the past. – Timothy Geithner A stronger than expected jobs report for June propelled the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 17,000 for […]

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Stocks post modest losses on Fed official remarks

We’ve used derivatives for many, many years. I don’t think derivatives are evil, per se, I think they are dangerous. …So we use lots of things that are dangerous, but we generally pay some attention to how they’re used. We tell the cars how fast they can go. – Warren Buffett News that the U.S. […]

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Stocks at all-time highs on Fed comments

A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. But what effect would it have on the broader U.S. economy? If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily. – Ben Bernanke The stock market resumed its record-setting ways last week as both the Dow Jones […]

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Stocks decline on Iraq fears, higher oil prices

Most investors want to do today what they should have done yesterday. – Larry Summers, American economist The stock market suffered its first weekly loss in four weeks and although a number of reasons were cited for the decline, stocks were due for a breather after spending a month in rarefied air. After a slow […]

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Stocks at all-time highs on positive economic data

People don’t like the idea of thinking long-term. Many are desperately seeking short-term answers because they have money problems to be solved today. – Robert Kiyosaki, American investor, businessman and self-help finance author Mostly positive economic data released last week provided the catalyst for stocks as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P […]

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S&P 500 Index ends week above 1900

  Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make. – Donald Trump Better than […]

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DJIA ends week at record high but Nasdaq declines

I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I’ve said. – Alan Greenspan, American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006 The stock market finally ended its string of losing Fridays with a gain as the Dow Jones Industrial […]

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Stock market posts modest gains as Ukraine worries persist

If I’d only followed CNBC’s advice, I’d have a million dollars today. Provided I’d started with a hundred million dollars. – Jon Stewart In a pattern that is becoming all too familiar, the stock market failed to build on its momentum and closed lower in its final session on Friday but managed to record a […]

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Stocks edge lower on rising Ukraine tensions

Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. – John Maynard Keynes What looked like a positive week for the stock market came to screeching halt on Friday as the major averages all suffered steep losses. Stocks were poised to finish higher for the second consecutive week but rising tensions between the Ukrainian […]

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Stocks rebound on economic data, earnings

Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach. If you are susceptible to selling everything in a panic, you ought to avoid stocks and mutual funds altogether. – Peter Lynch All of the major stock averages rallied more than 2% last week as economic data continued to show signs […]

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