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After an upside-down fall, there's little reason to doubt that the normally positive months of November and December will also defy expectations and move lower.
Investors are funneling more and more money into exchange-traded funds to brace against what is expected to be a difficult market in the coming months.
The economy faces a slow creep higher while stocks will see a "tug of war" over probable recovery scenarios for 2010, Pimco CEO Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC.
Wall Street has set its sights beyond a relatively low-impact earnings season and is now looking for bigger and better things.
A cursory look at quarterly earnings suggests corporate America is regaining its foothold. But a look at the stock market's reaction indicates otherwise.
Choosing between indexed and managed funds is really no choice at all: Investors who rely solely on one or the other these days are doomed to failure.
Galleon Group is winding down its hedge fund holdings, the company's embattled CEO Raj Rajaratnam said in a statement.
After six quarters of bare-bones survival, companies are once again trying to live up to whisper-number expectations that are influencing the market's reaction to earnings numbers
While the stock market rally could falter at any time, a weak dollar and strong global demand could mean no end in sight for the run-up in commodities prices.
While stocks may continue to rise, pros suggest investors start looking for ways to protect their gains.
Now that the Dow has touched five figures again, investors can start focusing on the next benchmark.
A prolonged period of tepid economic growth will negate any need for the Federal Reserve to raise rates well into the future, former central bank governor Frederic Mishkin told CNBC.
Investors have yet to buy in fully to the stock rally even though prices have surged over 50%. But that caution has actually fueled hopes the rally still has legs.
Despite a fairly aggressive round of Fedspeak, investors are paying only moderate heed to the notion that a change in policy is likely any time soon.
Normally, stocks and bonds don't go up at the same time. But these days, nothing in the markets seems normal.
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