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Market Wrap: Stocks Slip; Utilities Fall as Bond Yields Jump

December 30, 2016

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks fell Tuesday as a jump in bond yields hit utilities and other top dividend payers, but energy gains and optimism Greece is near a deal with creditors limited losses. ...

Market Wrap: Wall Street Sees Best 2-Day Gain Since 2011

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December 29, 2016

Nasdaq

Seth Wenig/AP NEW YORK -- The S&P 500 closed out its biggest two-day advance since November 2011 on Thursday, extending a Federal Reserve-fueled rally from the previous session, while tech shares jumped...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Future Weighs on Investors’ Minds

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December 25, 2016

Insurance Industry

ChinaFotoPress/Getty ImagesBerkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charles Thomas Munger, left, and CEO Warren E. Buffett attend a conference in Beijing in 2010. This weekend, somewhere in the neighborhood of 40,000 c...

Walgreen Offers Flu Shot Gift Cards in Expanded Immunization Program

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December 23, 2016

Insurance Industry

It may be the perfect gift for the person who has everything: a Walgreen (WAG) gift card good for one flu shot. As part of a nationwide rollout, Walgreens will offer the gift cards as well as round-the-clock, ...

5 Restaurant Stocks That Left a Sour Taste in 2014

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December 14, 2016

Ipos

Andrew Burton/Getty Images This has been a decent year for consumer-facing companies, and restaurant stocks would seem to be obvious beneficiaries. The employment picture is improving, giving consumers the me...

Market Wrap: S&P 500 Ends at Record High on Greece Hopes

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December 11, 2016

Energy

Seth Wenig/AP NEW YORK -- The S&P 500 ended above 2,100 at another record high Tuesday as optimism grew that a debt deal would be reached with Greece and as bond prices sold off. In a possible sign of ...

Your Broker Will Hate This Smart, Easy Portfolio

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December 8, 2016

Mutual Funds

Alamy The securities industry has a vested interest in making investing as complicated as possible. If you're dazed and confused, you are more likely to trade too frequently and purchase complicated, high-com...

3 Things Investors Can Learn From March Madness

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December 6, 2016

Index Funds

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Are You Paying the Price for Bad Investing Advice?

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November 20, 2016

Mutual Funds

Getty Images An individual retirement account can hold just about any type of investment. That suits many investors like having wide-open options, but some find that too much choice is overwhelming. That's ...

Alibaba Spinoff Likely to Increase Scrutiny on Yahoo CEO

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November 17, 2016

Ipos

Julie Jacobson/APYahoo CEO Marissa Mayer SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is losing a precious security blanket now that she is spinning off the Internet company's prized stake in China's Alibaba Gr...

Economy on the Mend After Harsh Winter Hits 1Q Growth

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November 16, 2016

Energy

Tony Dejak/APA carpenter working on a new home in Pepper Pike, Ohio, last February. Bitter winter weather is being blamed in part for a slowdown in the economy during the first three months of the year. WAS...

Watch Out, Investors: ‘Candy Crush’ IPO May Rot Your Teeth

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October 31, 2016

Ipos

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images "Candy Crush Saga" fans know that it's not always easy to find the right match, but that's not stopping its developer King Digital Entertainment from hoping that it's ...

Stocks Jump After Storm Damage Is Less Than Feared

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October 6, 2016

Insurance Industry

So much for Irene. Stock indexes rose sharply Monday after it became clear that the tropical storm caused far less damage than many had feared. Stocks rose broadly, led by insurers. The Dow Jones industrial av...

The Best Emerging Market to Invest in for the Next Decade Is …

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October 1, 2016

Index Funds

Alamy I recently posed a hard-to-answer question: Where will next year's top-performing markets be? To answer that question, you have to make certain assumptions: Will commodity prices rebound? If so, then ...

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