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Analysts forecast that China GDP is slowing which presents potential opportunities for investors using China ETFs. China appears to be playing a game of “whack-a-mole” in attempt to...

Stock market experiences midday slump and late-day rally as FOMC members Plosser and Bullard talk taper. Although there were some interesting reports for investors to digest on Friday, the conflicting...

One day after Ben Bernanke was asked what he believed his legacy would be, we saw the answer: record-high stock market levels. At the conclusion of the question-and-answer session following his speech...

Lack of exciting data left the stock market in a holding pattern on Wednesday.Unless you owned stock in American Greetings (AM) or Family Dollar Stores (FDO) there was no significant news for the...

On Tuesday, the stock market finally returned to where it was before Ben Bernanke disclosed the Fed’s timetable for ending quantitative easing.On Tuesday, the stock market finally recovered from...

Stocks continued to advance on Monday as gamblers began to place their bets for second quarter earnings reporting season. Stocks continued their advance on Monday, as those willing to try their luck...

The escalating political tension in Egypt raises fear of skyrocketing oil prices. By Wednesday, July 3, the price of oil topped $102 per barrel, reaching its highest level in over a year. Although...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and U.S. bond market made sharp moves in holiday shortened week. Fireworks boomed across America to celebrate the 4th of July Holiday and there was also no shortage of...

Friday was volatile, and when the dust settled, gold was crushed again. Friday’s decline of 3.1% in gold (GLD) brought the precious metal’s yearly decline to more than 25% as it has fallen...

Stocks made big gains on Friday after the June non-farm payrolls report beat economists’ expectations by 18 percent. The highly-anticipated June non-farm payrolls report from the Bureau of Labor...

Egyptian coup upstages good news on America’s employment situation, during shortened stock market session on Wednesday. The overthrow of Mohamed Morsi in Egypt stole attention away from the...

After getting off to a good start, stocks ran out of gas early Tuesday afternoon. The Census Bureau’s slightly better-than-expected factory orders report for May got stocks off to a good start...

Dow Jones Industrial Average fails at the fifty day moving average to start holiday shortened week on a weak note.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) and S&P 500 (SPY) both made strong attempts...

The stock market kicked off the second half of 2013 with some decent gains following a better-than-expected Manufacturing PMI report from the ISM. The stock market began second half of 2013 with solid...

Major U.S. stock indexes finished June in the red but post gains for second quarter and first half of 2013.Major U.S. stock indexes declined on Friday to finish June on a down note.For the month, the...

China is in chaos and chaos always offers dangers and opportunities. By now, you are probably quite familiar with the roller coaster known as China’s economy. Most Americans find it quite hard...