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Market Wrap: Nasdaq Hits Record as Stocks Run on Strong Data

June 29, 2014

Richard Drew/APFitBit and New York Stock Exchange officials celebrate FitBit's IPO at the beginning of trading Thursday. NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq composite erased its last standing milestone from the dot-com ...

3 Questions to Ask Before Choosing Target-Date Funds

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June 27, 2014

Mutual Funds

Shutterstock Over the past few years, target-date funds have been growing in popularity. According to Morningstar's 2014 Target-Date Series Research Paper, estimated net flows in target-date funds tripled f...

Alibaba Soared in Its IPO. Should You Buy It Now?

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June 25, 2014

Ipos

Andrew Burton/Getty ImagesAlibaba founder Jack Ma at the New York Stock Exchange. I was inundated with emails last week asking if I had any special connections. I'm certainly not the go-to-gal when it comes t...

Goldman Sachs Defends Trades With AIG During Financial Crisis

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June 24, 2014

Insurance Industry

Goldman Sachs (GS) defended its trades and collateral calls with bailed-out insurer AIG (AIG), saying they reflected market conditions during the financial crisis. Critics have accused Goldman Sachs of benefi...

Money Minute: Ally’s IPO; Greenpeace Wants a ‘Cleaner Cloud’

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June 22, 2014

Ipos

Another success story from the federal bailout during the financial crisis. Ally Financial is alive only because a $17 billion taxpayer bailout. And Thursday's initial public offering cuts the government's s...

Are You Guilty of These Investing Mistakes?

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June 18, 2014

Mutual Funds

Andrey Burmakin/Shutterstock To err is human, but when it comes to investing, mistakes can be costly. A third of everyday investors had zero or negative returns in 2014, according to an analysis of the port...

Markets Rise as Alcoa Sees Stronger Demand

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June 17, 2014

Nasdaq

LONDON (AP) - World stock markets rose Wednesday after the fourth-quarter earnings season got off to a positive start in the U.S. with aluminum giant Alcoa (AA) forecasting higher demand for 2013. Demand f...

Factory Activity Slows; Construction Spending Up Solidly

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June 13, 2014

Energy

J Pat Carter/AP WASHINGTON -- U.S. factory activity hit a more than two-year low in August as manufacturers struggled with a strong dollar, weak global demand and the lingering effects of deep spending cuts...

4 Smart Ways to Pay Less Taxes on Your Investments

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June 6, 2014

Mutual Funds

Shutterstock Death and taxes may be the only certain things in life, yet investors often don't give as much thought as they should to the tax implications of their actions. "People think about taxes last,"...

Market Wrap: Stocks Fall on Greece Stalemate; Energy Slips

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June 4, 2014

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks fell Friday as Greek debt talks hit a stalemate and as concern over how soon the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates kept investors cautious. Energy shares dr...

Target-Date Funds: Same Dates Can Earn Wildly Different Returns

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May 31, 2014

Index Funds

In recent years, target-date mutual funds have grown substantially, with savers investing $55 billion into the funds last year in the hopes of getting easy exposure to every asset class you need for a diversifi...

Dryers: Homes’ Biggest Energy Guzzlers Just Got Greener

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May 28, 2014

Energy

Whirlpool via APThe Whirlpool Duet front load Energy Start laundry pair, including the new HybridCare Dryer. For the first time in six years, Energy Star certification, a standard seal of approval for energ...

40 Bucks to $10 Million: What Warren Buffett Can Teach You

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May 27, 2014

Mutual Funds

Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty Images You've probably seen the headline -- "Warren Buffett Tells You How to Turn $40 Into $10 Million." Who can resist a story about the legendary investor telling you how to tur...

Mortgage Insurers Funneled Kickbacks to Lenders, Alleges CFPB

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May 27, 2014

Insurance Industry

Getty Images On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed complaints against four mortgage insurers who the CFPB claimed had paid kickbacks to mortgage lenders. Mortgage insurance is often requir...

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