As we head toward the end of the first quarter of 2017, the U.S. stock market has been on a wonderful, remarkable upswing since the November election. Most stock investors have seen their portfolio value increase and confidence in the ...

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“Animal Spirits” is the latest buzzword being used to describe the powerful market rally that continues to occur since President Trump was elected on Nov. 8. In fact, the S&P 500 has rallied over 11% since the election. What exactly ...

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Two very different dynamics are afoot: 1) The stock market’s on a tear, up 11 percent since the election (12 percent including dividend payouts, compared with about 0 over the comparable period before the election). CEOs parade out of meetings ...

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Financial columnist Jane Bryant Quinn famously coined the phrase “financial porn” to describe much of the content produced by the financial press. She was referring to the stories and other items in the financial press designed to “tickle our prurient ...

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The latest knock against index funds is that they may be dangerous. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the first index mutual fund, making it an opportune occasion for critics to launch new attacks on an ...

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Stocks delivered again in 2014. Even after a poor start in January and wobbles in October and December, the U.S. market has climbed 13 percent and is ending the year close to record levels. The solid gain has pushed the ...

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WASHINGTON — The turbulence that’s roiling financial markets is punishing stock investors, raising worries for major U.S. companies and will likely produce even punier returns for savers. Yet some Americans actually stand to benefit from the forces that are driving ...

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NEW YORK — Andrew Neitlich is the last person you’d expect to be rattled by the stock market. He once worked as a financial analyst picking stocks for a mutual fund. He has huddled with dozens of CEOs in his ...

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NEW YORK — U.S. stocks tumbled amid a rout in global markets Monday after Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time. S&P cut the long-term debt rating for the U.S. by one notch to AA+ from AAA late Friday.

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Corning Inc., the world's biggest maker of liquid-crystal-display screens for flat-panel televisions and computers, releases its first-quarter financial results before the stock market opens Wednesday.

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ALBANY — The Republican running for New York comptroller said his analysis shows that outside investment managers who are paid millions of dollars by the state’s public pension fund lost money at a faster pace than passive index funds in the stock market downturn.

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