Tag: 2014

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Nasdaq Sees Worst Day Since 2011 on Technology Sell-off

Stocks fell today, with the Nasdaq experiencing its worst session since 2011, as investors took profits by selling...

Best Week of the Year Leaves S&P 500 Near Record High

Confidence in the economy and better-than-expected earnings reports pushed the S&P 500 to its best week of 2014...

How the Dovishness of Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen and Congress is Driving Stocks Higher

Comments by Yellen indicating she was “surprised” by the weakness in the December employment report, and that despite...

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2014: Not Quite Déjà vu All Over Again

With apologies to Yogi Berra for manipulating his quote above, the saying still holds: 2014’s market performance to...

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Why Consensus on Wall Street is Dangerous

When it comes to a widespread consensus in the markets, I tend to get very nervous.

Why Did Hedge Funds Underperform Last Year?

For hedge fund managers raised on the mother’s milk of diversification and trend following, 2013 was one of...

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Why 2014 is Beginning Slowly for Emerging Markets

There’s only been five days of trading so far in 2014, but for emerging market equities and for...

Stocks Notch First Winning Day of the New Year

With an employment report and fourth-quarter earnings season set to arrive this week, health-related stocks led a rally...

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Fed Comments Lower Stocks for Second Session of New Year

The S&P has fallen for a second consecutive session to begin 2014 thanks to comments from outgoing Federal...

Gold Rings in New Year with Gain

Physical buying boosted gold almost 2% higher today.