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Economist Andrew Smithers, who recommended investors sell their equity holdings in 2000, now believes that the S&P 500 is 40 overvalued. As central banks cut back on quantitative easing, he...
The most precious commodity on Wall Street is information, and savvy players will do almost anything for it.
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But now some of Wall Street’s biggest hedge funds are watching nervously as...
After a seven-month rally the stock market ought to have plenty of excuses to pull back, or to at least stop rising for a while.
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Frustrated bears -- who believe that rebounding stock prices...
Taxing financial transactions on Wall Street is gathering support in high places. Supporters say it could raise billions and curb frequent trading. Many economists warn of the unintended...
There was another important anniversary for investors last weekend. It's been 10 years since the publication of "Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting From the Coming Rise in the Stock...
Is it possible for an investor to be losing money in financial markets this year?
With an incredible amount of bad timing and wrong-headed conviction, you actually could have constructed a...
After a decade in which stocks have gone nowhere and at least a quarter-century in which stocks have been outperformed by bonds, can it still make sense to buy stocks and sit on them for decades?
Instead of foreign currency, gold or a diversified basket of commodities, the article claims that international stocks can make for a better option for those worried about the falling dollar:...
Whether seeking income, mitigating risk or just speculating on price movements, investors are trading options in record numbers these days.
For those thinking of giving options a try, the...
For at least a generation, financial professionals have urged mutual-fund investors to put more money in stocks than in bonds. The logic: Stocks power a portfolio, while bonds provide some...
Few economists saw our current crisis coming, but this predictive failure was the least of the field’s problems. More important was the profession’s blindness to the very possibility of...