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Investors are hoping to get a better handle on the direction of interest rates after St. Louis Fed president James Bullard spoke with CNBC.

The Dow, S&P and Nasdaq were all down over 2%, as of late this morning.  While these moves are significant, we have seen drops like this before in this rally.

On a week where oil topped $73 per barrel for the first time in 8 months before receding on Friday, treasury auctions moved the equity market, and GM and Citi were replaced in the Dow, the markets are flat to positive on the week, but the Dow manages to go positive year-to-date.

The Nasdaq's 50-day moving average crossed over its 200-day moving average last week.  Expect the same for the Dow and S&P in the days ahead.

As we mentioned earlier today, the major indices have posted strong gains during the current 3-month old bull market. This comes as the S&P flirts with a 7-month high, the Dow tests its January highs, and the Nasdaq hovers at 8-month highs.

Yesterday's close marked the 3-month anniversary since the markets hit their closing lows on March 9.  Here are the biggest gainers and losers on the S&P since then.

The Treasury will hold its latest auction for 3-Yr notes this morning, 10-Yr notes tomorrow and the long bond on Thursday.  Traders are watching to see whether demand will continue to fall in anticipation of Fed tightening in the months ahead.

With more chatter about Steve Jobs, a slew of giant Treasury auctions and signs that interest rates may be heading higher, how should you trade?

Today, Cisco and Travelers replaced Citigroup and GM on the Dow.  Here is a look back at the previous 10 changes to the Dow and what happened to the benchmark in the days leading up to and following the change.

With stocks rallying for over 3 months now, dividend yields continue to fall back to Earth.  Today, two new components join the Dow, one with a dividend and one without.  See how the 30 companies in the Dow compare.

All major US indices finished in the black for the week, marking three weeks of consecutive gains, as improving economic data released this week boosted investors hopes of a recovery.

The latest overall job loss numbers showed a loss of 345,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate climbed to 9.4%, the highest rate since August 1983.  The March and April numbers were revised upward to losses of 652,000 and 504,000, respectively.  Here is a breakdown of where the job losses were as well as which sectors were adding jobs.

The Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index is a global commodity benchmark which tracks 19 mostly U.S. traded commodities and has led a rally in the past weeks with a year-to-date performance surpassing the S&P, currently up 10% versus 3% YTD, driven in part by a depreciating dollar and speculation of an economic recovery.  Here are some stocks that are riding the commodities wave.