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US Index traded on flat note on Friday after four consecutive down side movement. Indexes ended well on positive The Dow Jones industrial average up by 34.73 points to 17,712.66, the S&P 500 flat with 4.89 points gain up to … Continue readi...

US stocks fell for a fourth straight session on Thursday but indexes ended well off session lows with support from economic data and earnings, including Accenture’s. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 40.31 points to 17,678.23, the S&P 5...

US Indices edged lower on Monday on the heels of strong gains in the prior week, as investors weighed fluctuations in the dollar and its impact on other markets. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 11.61 points, to 18,116.04, the … Continue r...

Although the following characteristics won’t guarantee success, they do illustrate the attributes of many successful stock traders.1. Wisdom Great traders often see the attainment of wisdom as life’s highest value. They are constantly seek...

Trading is a very complex undertaking and if you miss one element you will likely eventually fail  in this endeavor.Here are the five different elements we must have working for us for success in trading:The KnowledgeIf we don’t do the homewo...

It is easy to get caught up in the daily stock market activity and lose sight of the interesting facts in the market's history. For instance, while the New York Stock Exchange is the largest U.S. Stock exchange, it is not the oldest. The Philadelphia...

According to a study, pay for Chief Executive Officers is hitting all time record highs as CEOs see their median annual pay rising to a sweet $10.5 million, during calendar year 2013. The increase is up by 8.8% compared to CEO pay during 2012. Com...

Never underestimate the ingenuity of corporate America or the optimism of its citizens. While the media obsess over multiple economic crisis scenarios and reinforce the message that the economy promises little growth, corporations just keep on gri...

 Starting to think about retirement? Wondering how you'll be able to afford to spend your golden years in comfort? Investing in the stock market is one way to increase your wealth and security, but it is not without some serious risks. Follow...

When making big financial decisions — a home, a car, college for the kids — you make must take into account how much income you’ll need for retirement.To put it bluntly: Retirement savings comes first, everything else second.There’s no shorta...

*  Keeping risk-taking down until you see markets clearly- Losing small and gaining big is what makes for excellent risk-adjusted returns.  Accepting that you’re not seeing things well is half the battle.  By continuing to ac...

“I needed no unusual knowledge or intelligence to conclude that the investment had no downside and potentially had substantial upside.”“You don’t need to be an expert in order to achieve satisfactory investment returns. But if you aren’...

NEW YORK (MainStreet) Maybe Millennials should be asking for a refund on those student loans. Less than one-quarter (24%) of young adults can correctly answer four or five questions in a simple five-question quiz covering financial basics. And among...

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell, erasing its gain for the year, while Treasuries and the yen advanced as tension persisted in Ukraine. Copper declined as data from China missed estimates and gold reversed losses.The S&P 500 sank 1.2 pe...

Winners and losers of the bull marketIt's been five years since the stock market hit its low point of the financial crisis and Great Recession.While the current bull market is already longer than average, most market strategists expect stocks to have...

Worldwide Capital Inc. and sole owner Jeffrey Lynn, were charged and face the largest sanction ever imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, for certain short-selling violations. The New York proprietary trading firm located in Long Isla...

Asian stocks fell and measures of equity volatility surged amid escalating geopolitical tension over Ukraine and after an official gauge of Chinese manufacturing dropped to an eight-month low. Rio Tinto Ltd. (BHP), the world’s second-largest mining...

Do Wall Street insiders have access to a predictable investment plan they don’t want average investors to know about? A plan that consistently rakes in 18.79%? A plan that works reliably through bull and bear markets virtually without fail?Accor...

Economic Data For Today Economic data refer to the Economic Census of establishments and various surveys and data for establishments and firms. With very few exceptions, the public use versions f...

Forex: US Dollar Sell off May Be Nearing an Important Turning PointThe US Dollar continued to face broad-based selling pressure at the start of the trading week as Asian markets played catch-up to Friday’s rally on Wall Street that brought the be...