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Intense price action in Japan and news from Dr. Bernanke inject a whiff of fear into global financial marketsGlobal financial markets were roiled last week by action in Japan and comments from Federal...

Investors react to good economic news with a morning sell-off as a healthy economy is now seen as a threat to quantitative easing. The Commerce Department’s Census Bureau startled investors with...

Economic reports brought enough good news to save stocks from having a horrible day. The stock market was off to a bearish start in the morning, as investors reacted to news that the economic slowdown...

Thursday’s troubles in Japan started when the nation’s ten-year bond yield reached 0.88 percent on Wednesday. It was as recent as April 5 when the nation’s ten-year bond yield was...

After Ben Bernanke’s testimony sent stock indices to new intraday highs yesterday, his answers about plans to taper back QE spooked the stock market. The stock market was off to a bullish start...

Stocks get a boost as speeches by FOMC members Bullard and Dudley signal that Federal Reserve is in no hurry to taper back quantitative easing. Stocks resumed their climb skyward at approximately...

Global stock markets are in serious denial as markets climb while macro economic picture declines. Last week, many observers of global stock markets were surprised to see global stock markets and...

Disappointing economic news from the Chicago Federal Reserve failed to prevent the major stock indices from reaching new record intraday highs.Unpleasant economic news failed to dampen investor...

Another record setting week takes the U.S. stock market farther into bubble territoryFor the week, the U.S. stock market and its major indexes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) and S&P 500...

VIX Index is near historic lows as complacency runs highIn recent days, the VIX index, the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index, also known as the fear index, has dipped back into extremely low...

Stocks close at new record highs after Thompson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index reaches its highest level since 2007.Stocks finished the week Friday with a bang after the...

Disappointing economic data failed to prevent the Dow Jones Industrial Average from reaching a new record intraday high on Thursday. It was surprising to see the Dow Jones Industrial Average reach a...

Investors were delighted by the industrial production decline as hopes for prolonged quantitative easing sent the Dow and S&P 500 to new records.The worse-than-expected drop in April industrial...

Investors were encouraged by Tuesday’s upbeat Small Business Optimism Index, sending the S&P 500 to new record intraday and closing highs. The Small Business Optimism Index finally escaped...

Once again, the S&P 500 reached a new record high on Monday although its record-high close was just a whisker above Friday’s closing level. Concern about the weekend reports on the Federal...

Stock market posts another record setting week, but the big news came after Friday’s close.Courtesy of NASA The stock market put on another record setting show with the Dow Jones Industrial...