The financial crisis ended -- at least where the markets are concerned -- four years ago. But some people couldn't believe it was over.
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March 11 - News
The wealth-building power of compound interest will never cease to amaze me.
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March 10 - News
If you're an investor in American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), then you have nothing to fear from the Federal Reserve's most recent round of stress tests.
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March 8 - News
Buffett's folksy easy-as-pie investing image doesn't quite jibe with the usurious deals he's wrung from the likes of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Goldman Sachs Group, ...
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March 7 - Hedge Funds
Since its spinoff from Morgan Stanley in 2007, Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) has done very well for its shareholders recently, having rebounded from its financial crisis...
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March 7 - News
Stocks are holding on to this morning's gains, with the S&P 500 (S&P Indices: .INX) and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrials Average (Dow Jones Indices: .DJI) up...
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March 7 - Hedge Funds
The Dow Jones Industrial Average took the subprime crisis hard in 2008. The index had been on an absolute tear, setting all-time highs nearly every day in 2005 through 2007.
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March 7 - News
It's been a team effort pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a fresh all-time high today.
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March 5 - News
It may seem improbable that a $24.1 billion year-over-year profit would be called “subpar,” but that is exactly what Warren Buffett lamented in his 2012 annual Berkshire Hathaway...
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March 4 - Hedge Funds
If you don't religiously follow the markets and are just seeing the weekly results for the first time, it would appear that this past week was simply a slight winner and nothing...
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March 4 - News
The consumer financial segment is on the rebound.
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March 2 - News
The 30 stocks in the have a number of attractive features.
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March 2 - News
The blue chip index fell for the second day in a row on glum economic information, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average is making a comeback after falling 47 points yesterday.
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February 22 - News
I never really bothered to notice if I use a Visa Inc (NYSE:V) or Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) while buying something with my credit card.
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February 22 - News
If you haven't heeded my constant browbeatings to keep a close eye on the financial services sector, then you're getting a rude awakening today.
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February 20 - News
The Phillips curve attached below, explains the short term inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment.
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February 17 - News
For the majority of the day, the major U.S. indexes were bouncing from positive to negative, but relatively flat, until 2:00 p.m.
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February 15 - News
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn't sustainable.
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February 15 - News
Today's headlining news primarily focused on different mergers and acquisitions that were announced.
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February 14 - News
The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in E TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) either direction.
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February 11 - News
It was a seesaw battle this week for stock markets, and in the end we pretty much ran in place.
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February 11 - News
We all have heard that phrase, and most people would agree that it's not wise to rack up large amounts of credit card debt.
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February 8 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is back in the red today, down 55 points, or 0.39%, as of 2:15 p.m. EST.
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February 7 - News
When building the core of any portfolio, it is essential to have a diverse collection of great businesses run by superior management.
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February 7 - News
With hundreds of companies having already reported quarterly results, we're now in the heart of earnings season.
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February 6 - News
On the heels of its lackluster earnings release, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP)' stock has hit five-year highs.
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February 5 - Insider Trading
Cash will never completely disappear. There will always be some marginal room for good old fashioned paper money, but it´s certainly losing popularity as a payment method all...
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February 4 - News
The world’s largest payments network, Visa Inc (NYSE:V) has done exceptionally well for its shareholders since its highly-publicized IPO in 2008, which at the time was the ...
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February 2 - News
As credit processing facilitators, MasterCard and Visa Inc (NYSE:V) have an incredible amount of unmet demand abroad yet to be tapped.
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February 1 - News
Warren Buffett may be the greatest investor alive, but even the Great One (financially speaking) still recognizes earnings season as an important time for investors to take stock...
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February 1 - News
Earnings season hasn’t disappointed in the sense of fulfilling renewed doubts about the strength of the U.S. economic recovery.
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January 17 - News
American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) is a true old age behemoth of investing. The company is one of Warren Buffett’s favorites and is one if the Dow 30.
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January 15 - News
American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) isn't slated to release its fourth-quarter earnings until Thursday evening.
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January 15 - News
Just yesterday The Wall Street Journal highlighted the fact that because the Social Security tax reverted back to its traditional rate of 6.4%, Americana are taking home less ...
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January 15 - News
