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Investors reacted to a series of decent, but not great, economic reports released on Thursday by bidding up stocks a day after a sell-off on Wall Street. Overall, the gains were modest, but there was...

Every central banker is lowering interest rates these days. Alright, that is slight hyperbole, but there is no denying there have been plenty of rate cuts lately and a fair amount have been seen in...

It happened again. On Thursday, the Nikkei plunged 737.43 points to close at 13,589—five percent lower and well below the psychological 14,000 mark that investors were eyeing. In total,...

Futures Lower On Weak European Economic DataU.S. equity futures lower in early pre-market trade on a batch of weak economic data out of the eurozone. Although most of the weakness in the data points...

The European Central Bank came under fire on Wednesday after the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reduced its global economic growth forecast and cited the eurozone as a key...

After its largest drop in nearly a month, Brent crude oil regained some ground on Thursday morning as it climbed toward $103. The commodity traded at $102.26 at 7:32 GMT on Thursday as a weakening...

Futures Slightly Lower After Wall Street Sell-Off, Surge in M&AU.S. equity futures traded slightly lower in early pre-market trade after another sell-off Wednesday despite an upswing in M&A...

Once upon a time, things were good for the Australian dollar. While considered to be a minor reserve currency, Australia's 21 years without a recession, AAA credit rating and high interest rates...

Share prices fell on Wednesday after a Tuesday rally sent both the Dow and S&P 500 out near all-time highs. The sell-off appeared to be driven primarily by profit taking by investors who have...

On another "sea of red" day for emerging markets ETFs, the already embattled iShares MSCI South Korea Capped Index Fund (EWY) is holding up fairly well compared its ilk. EWY is trading flat to...

Brent crude oil neared a one week high late on Tuesday, but slipped back on Wednesday morning as investors began to worry that the US Federal reserve would cut back on its quantitative easing.The...

Futures Lower Following Tuesday GainsU.S. equity futures gave back some of Tuesday's gains in pre-market trade Wednesday. A driver of the sell-off could have been the IMF cutting its China growth...

The U.S. stock market had another strong session on Tuesday. A report showing that home prices jumped the most in seven years in March and a steep climb in consumer confidence for May triggered more...

Shares of the iShares MSCI Israel Capped Investable Market Index Fund (EIS), the lone Israel ETF, are up nearly two percent Tuesday after the Bank of Israel pared interest rates for the second time in...

The euro threatened to drop below $1.29 on Tuesday morning as fresh worries about a eurozone break up weighed on the common currency. With difficult austerity plans and sky high unemployment figures,...

Tepid global economic growth and growing stockpiles have kept Brent crude oil prices low in recent weeks. However, the commodity saw a lift after geopolitical tension in the Middle East escalated and...