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Market Wrap: Stocks Soar on Release of ‘Dovish’ Fed Minutes

October 28, 2014

Andrew Burton/Getty Images NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks ended higher Thursday with the S&P 500 closing at a seven-week high as investors saw further signs of dovishness in the Federal Reserve's September mee...

Market Wrap: Stocks End Sharply Lower; Energy Leads Drop

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October 16, 2014

Energy

Richard Drew/APNEW YORK -- Stocks closed sharply lower Wednesday after hawkish comments from Janet Yellen boosted expectations of an interest rate hike, and oil fell below $40 a barrel.Investors also attributed...

Will New Money-Market Fund Rules Endanger Your Cash?

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October 12, 2014

Mutual Funds

BananaStock Ever since the financial crisis, regulators have worried about the safety of money-market mutual funds, where U.S. investors had $2.8 trillion parked as of last month. The Securities and Exchange ...

Market Wrap: Weak Oil Prices, China Woes Drag Stocks Lower

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August 10, 2014

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended lower on Monday as tumbling oil prices dragged energy shares to a three-year low and factory data from China raised concerns about the world's second-biggest ec...

Scared of a Market Crash? These Funds Offer a Smoother Ride

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July 31, 2014

Mutual Funds

Zoonar GmbH/Alamy The stock market has gone on a roller-coaster ride lately, with the S&P 500 (^GPSC) having plunged almost 7.5 percent in a four-week span and the Dow Jones industrials (^DJI) falling mor...

4 Ways the Stock Market Could Really Surprise You

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July 29, 2014

Nasdaq

It's impossible to time a stock market crash, but the chances that 'something' bad will happen should always be on investors' minds. Here are four wild, yet plausible, blowup scenarios. Most trades today ar...

Market Minute: Twitter Unveils Long-Awaited IPO; Adobe’s Security Breach

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July 21, 2014

Ipos

A big IPO in less than 140 characters, and customer data is compromised at Adobe. Those stories and more are what's in Friday's Market Minute. The Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI) fell 136 points Thursday, ...

Market Wrap: Wall Street Slips After Rally as Dollar Swings

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July 21, 2014

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks edged lower Monday on the heels of strong gains in the prior week, as investors weighed fluctuations in the dollar and its impact on other markets, including crude pr...

Market Wrap: Stocks Rebound From Recent Losses; Deals Help

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July 5, 2014

Energy

Andrew Burton/Getty Images NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks climbed more than 1 percent Monday, rebounding from a sharp decline last week, helped by deal activity in health care and a bounce in energy shares. Also ...

Market Wrap: Wall Street Ends Higher on Energy Rebound

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June 30, 2014

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks rose Thursday, with energy shares leading the advance as crude oil rebounded off a sharp decline, while investors bet that companies would top lowered expectations th...

Market Wrap: Nasdaq Hits Record as Stocks Run on Strong Data

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June 29, 2014

Nasdaq

Richard Drew/APFitBit and New York Stock Exchange officials celebrate FitBit's IPO at the beginning of trading Thursday. NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq composite erased its last standing milestone from the dot-com ...

Market Wrap: Stocks Fall on Greece Stalemate; Energy Slips

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June 4, 2014

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks fell Friday as Greek debt talks hit a stalemate and as concern over how soon the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates kept investors cautious. Energy shares dr...

Market Wrap: Stocks Advance as Nasdaq Sets Closing Record

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May 27, 2014

Nasdaq

Bryan Thomas/Getty Images NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq composite, the U.S. market index most closely associated with technology stocks, closed at an all-time high Thursday, surpassing a 2000 record set just befor...

Market Wrap: Wall Street Rises but Energy Shares Fall

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May 19, 2014

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- Stocks closed higher Wednesday but were down from earlier highs as energy stocks declined and Greece's debt crisis showed no clear signs of resolution. The benchmark S&P 500...

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