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ThinkstockThe U.S. Federal Reserve is supposedly independent of the government, even if running the Fed is a Presidential appointment and…
ThinkstockA deal between Democrats and Republicans has supposedly been reached in Washington, D.C., to end the government shutdown and to…
Wikimedia CommonsThe general investing public will spend much of its energy waiting for earnings from famous companies such as Facebook…
Wikimedia CommonsJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) reported third-quarter results before markets opened Friday morning. The investment bank and…
ThinkstockWe already have warned that investors and traders alike are now unlikely to see five key economic reports this week…
ThinkstockThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors Thursday morning released the public portions of the…
ThinkstockAfter the market implosion of 2007 and 2008, the major U.S. banks were all reeling from the same disease. The…
ThinkstockOne strike and you’re out. That was the decision made by Gen. James F. Amos, the Marine Corps commandant. He…
ThinkstockBetween the sharp back-up in long-term rates that will penalize mortgage and trading results, and the ongoing political bloodlust that…
ThinkstockJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) seems to be entering a no-win scenario when it comes to finances and…
ThinkstockDespite Republican efforts to defund the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, it is looking increasingly likely that the program will…
Jon OggStocks have been in rally mode for going on three weeks, and investors should be considering which stocks to…
ThinkstockThis week we have seen dividend hikes from Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) components Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and McDonald’s Corp.…
ThinkstockThe dividend hike brigade keeps on marching. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) jumped in with a dividend hike a tad sooner…
The equity strategy team and the market analysts at Deutsche Bank are starting to feel pretty comfortable that the rest…
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