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  • Meredith Whitney

    On Oct. 31, 2007, Meredith Whitney argued Citigroup would cut its dividend and slapped an "underperform" on the stock. The call made bundles of money for clients who acted on her advice. Does it matter now? ...A report from TheStreet.

  • Losses to reinsurers will undoubtedly be large, but it will be mitigated by the realities of the Japanese earthquake insurance system. Consider this simple fact: only 18.5% of Japanese households have earthquake insurance. In an earthquake-prone country, how is that possible?

  • Your Money Your Vote - A CNBC Special Report

    With five weeks until the 2010 midterm elections, Americans will soon be casting their ballots in Congressional and Gubernatorial races across the country.  Here's how key indices have performed since President Obama took office, following the 2008 election.

  • Since President Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, all the major US indices are trading positive territory, led to the upside by the NASDAQ 100, up 63.2%.

  • What follows is a look at stocks in the S&P 500 displaying unusual volume in today's trading session.

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    Is the market nearing the upper end of its range and about to turn lower? Or is this time different?

  • What follows is a look at stocks in the S&P 500 displaying unusual volume in today's trading session.

  • XL Capital has been facing a negative trend recently, and yesterday the bears turned it up a notch.

  • What follows is a look at stocks in the S&P 500 displaying unusual volume in today's trading session.

  • What follows is a roundup of corporate earnings reports for Tuesday, May 4.

  • The Lightning Round is extended in this CNBC.com exclusive feature.

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    What follows is a roundup of corporate earnings reports for Tuesday, Feb. 9.

  • Today marks the 1 year anniversary from President Obama's Inauguration last year.  Here are how the markets stand 1 year later and compared to presidents from 1901 until today.

  • Today’s gains have pushed the Dow Industrials to a new 52-week high.  At these levels, the Dow has soared 60% and the S&P has surged 64% from their March closing lows.

  • Stocks bounced around Friday as investors juggled a disappointing jobs report and some analyst upgrades. Still, all three major indexes were on track to post gains for the week.

  • As investors debate whether the stock market gains are sustainable, Barry Knapp, Barclays Capital Managing Director, believes that it is time to be very selective with stocks. 

  • On Friday, July 24th, the S&P 500’s 100-day moving average overtook its 200-day moving average, an event known to Wall Street technicians as a Golden Cross (a shorter-term average crossing a longer-term one, from below to above).  A month ago, we saw another Golden Cross, when the 50-day average moved above the 200-day average.

  • Stocks skidded Tuesday after a report showed consumer confidence is waning amid worries about the job market. It was a struggle all morning as investors juggled another batch of disappointing earnings results against an encouraging report on the housing market.

  • Stock futures drifted slightly lower ahead of the open Tuesday as investors waited for the next batch of earnings and key economic data.

  • On a week where the US markets continued to stall with all major indexes negative for the week with quadruple witching, bank regulation, a sell off in energy, the markets await the Fed meeting next week closing mixed for the day on Friday.