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After a big rally on Thursday, the stock market added to its recent gains on Friday. Although the Dow barely finished in positive territory, both the S&P and Nasdaq recorded solid advances. Next...

Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded down 0.06 percent to 15,452.19 while the NASDAQ dropped 0.02 percent to 3,577.74. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.14 percent to 1,672.67. Top Headline...

Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.04 percent to 15,467.14 while the NASDAQ gained 0.04 percent to 3,579.89. The S&P fell, dropping 0.07 percent to 1,673.90. Top Headline...

The euro traded steadily at $1.30 on Friday morning after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments sent the dollar tumbling. Bernanke indicated that the US central bank was not planning to...

Brent crude oil settled a bit lower on Friday morning as investors took profits after the commodity jumped on falling US reserves. Brent traded at $1077.69 on Friday morning, poised to end the week on...

Futures Lower On Portugal Fears, Bank Earnings In FocusU.S. equity futures traded lower on renewed fears that Portugal could be the first nation to leave the eurozone after the recent political crisis...

The stock market soared on Thursday after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday that monetary policy would remain accomodative for "the foreseeable future." This helped to stem concerns that...

The yen is the world's worst-performing developed market currency this year and that has been excellent news for those equity-based ETFs that also offer a hedge against fluctuations in the dollar/yen...

The euro climbed to a three week high on Wednesday after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made comments which indicated that the Fed was planning to continue with an accommodative monetary...

Futures Higher On Dovish BernankeU.S. equity futures rose sharply as a speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke after the close Wednesday was much more dovish than expected. The comments show...

Trading on Wall Street was choppy around an afternoon release of the minutes from the most recent FOMC meeting on Wednesday, but by the close, the major averages were mostly unchanged. The FOMC...

The euro fell to a three month low against the dollar on Wednesday morning after the European Central Bank confirmed that it intended to keep interest rates low and continue to adopt an expansionary...

Brent crude oil continued to tumble on Wednesday morning as investors turned their attention to China, the world's second largest oil consumer, where a recovery was looking less and less likely....

On Tuesday, stocks continued to push towards year-to-date highs last seen in late May. The S&P 500 breached the 1,650 level to the upside and the Dow closed around 300 points above the 15,000...

Speculation that the Federal Reserve will soon begin tapering its quantitative easing program, which by some accounts could start in September, has been good news for the U.S. dollar. It was not long...

Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasurys are trading lower Tuesday, but a one-day pullback does not entirely erase the 52-basis point increase that occurred from June 3 through July 8. Ten-year yields reside...