I'm not even certain that Superman could stop the broad-based S&P 500 , which has set a number of new all-time highs this year.
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August 7 - News
Solar panels are a lot more affordable if you rent them rather than buy them.
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August 5 - News
Apparently, Washington isn't the only place where fiscal belt-tightening is all the rage. The mining industry has been ramping up its efforts to slash spending as well.
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August 3 - News
Although gold and silver are all well and good, they have very little use other than as jewelry.
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August 2 - News
The recent earnings reports from steel companies have shown that there is significant overcapacity in the industry.
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July 30 - News
The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) ended its day as close to even as can be, with a mere 0.1% gain on a 1.4-point rise after spending most of the day climbing out of the steep hole it...
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July 29 - News
If you're like most people, you probably think the right time to start thinking about your taxes is when April rolls around on your calendar.
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July 29 - News
Let's start with Himax Technologies, Inc.
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July 29 - News
One of the former high flyers of both the current bull market and the one leading up to the Great Recession, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF), has been absolutely decimated...
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July 26 - News
Yesterday the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.09% to 15,556 points, inching back toward Tuesday's all-time high.
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July 26 - News
Teck Resources Ltd (USA) (NYSE:TCK) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and after big plunges in precious and base metals prices, shareholders are bracing themselves...
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July 24 - News
A typical headline such as the above usually signals a stock that has an absurdly high valuation and that is due for a correction. In the case of Walter Energy, Inc.
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July 23 - News
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and investors have gotten used to bad news from the once-promising coal and iron ore producer...
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July 23 - News
The first trading day of the week kicks off with McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) reporting quarterly results in the morning.
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July 22 - News
I've been looking for an opportunity to add to my BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) position since I first started to build it as we came out of the financial crisis.
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July 19 - News
More often than not, the departure of a CEO is bad for the short-term prospects of a stock.
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July 19 - News
Minerals producer Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) recently announced that president and chief executive officer Joseph Carrabba has decided to retire.
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July 17 - News
Indeed, many hedge fund managers that tend to make a living from short selling have moved to the sidelines, waiting for the market to switch direction before loading up on shorts...
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July 15 - News
More often than not, the departure of a CEO is bad for the short-term prospects of a stock.
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July 15 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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July 12 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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July 10 - News
Its always fun to to learn a little Latin, a language that has played a huge part in shaping the modern English we speak today.
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July 10 - News
It was a great first half for many investors as the market, as measured by the S&P 500, was up by about 10%. The health care sector led the way as it appreciated 19.1%.
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July 8 - News
After a name change last summer, PVR Partners LP (NYSE:PVR), formerly Penn Virginia Resources Partners, set out on a path to switch its business model from coal-oriented loser...
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July 5 - News
Investors in the S&P 500 have to be pleased about the index's strong performance so far in 2013, with gains of about 13% marking the benchmark's best performance this millennium...
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July 5 - News
Today let's look at Tudor Investment, founded in 1980 by Paul Tudor Jones and featuring the flagship Tudor BVI fund.
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July 5 - News
Even with the market as a whole doing well over the last year, a number of stocks have seen significant declines in their stock prices.
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July 1 - Stock Analysis
The U.S coal industry has been going through difficult times in the recent past.
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June 28 - News
No matter the market, there will always be a few lagging disappointments holding back a Wall Street rally or several big losers leading a bearish day.
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June 27 - News
Who will be left to mine the world's metals and minerals? As prices for gold, silver, copper, uranium, and iron ore continue to fall, miners are increasingly turning to layoffs...
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June 27 - News
Master Limited Partnership Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) is down 12% from its recent high unit price of $78.5.
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June 26 - News
Last week, Wall Street couldn't think about anything other than the specter of Fed tapering. This week, it's found a new central bank to disapprove of.
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June 25 - News
Today let's look at Gabelli Funds, the mutual-fund and closed-end fund arm of GAMCO Investors Inc.
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June 20 - Hedge Funds
With the world’s largest iron ore miner Brazil’s Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) now trading at lows not seen since 2007, many investors are convinced that now is the time to invest...
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June 19 - News
Anticipation of tomorrow's Federal Reserve open market meeting is building, and the indication from investors thus far, following a second straight day of big gains in the broad...
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June 19 - News
The S&P 500 has soared in the past four years, leading many to fear that the index is long overdue for a major correction.
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June 17 - News
Mining companies have long been criticized for not returning enough cash to shareholders.
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June 14 - News
If you have been struggling to generate enough income from your investment portfolio lately, then dividend stocks have been just about the best way to get the cold, hard cash ...
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June 10 - News
Mining companies have been under pressure this year. Whatever you dig, be it gold, silver, iron ore or coal – your stock would fall.
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June 10 - News
Even though the past few days have been a bit rough on optimists, the broad-based S&P 500 ended May with its seventh straight month of gains. While not all U.S.
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June 7 - News
Several popular characters perish, and I'm not about to play spoiler and tell you who they were. Spoiler alert: I don't know who they are. Really.
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June 6 - News
That weeping sound you hear is the collective cry of investors who've witnessed the broad-based S&P 500 rise on 20 consecutive Tuesdays and saw that streak decisively broken today...
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June 5 - News
On Friday, May 31st, iron ore prices reached a 7-month low of about $111 per metric tonne.
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June 3 - News
Is Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) worth your attention right now? The smart money is turning less bullish.
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May 29 - News
Natural Resource Partners LP (NRP) continues to make good progress diversifying away from leasing its owned coal reserves in central Appalachia and the Illinois Basin.
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May 23 - News
There are some stocks that are everyone’s favorites; I believe Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) fall into this category.
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May 20 - News
Any basic economics class will start with these two words on the blackboard. They are the yin and yang of the market.
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May 20 - News
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) is up nearly 20% over the last week on hopes that various cost cutting plans and hopes that China's importing more iron ore will help...
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May 17 - News
The economy is only just starting to chug along again. The situation in Europe is relatively unchanged, China is slowing down and banks are still de-leveraging.
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May 14 - News
Investors have sought out the highest dividend paying stocks they can find in order to maximize their income in a low-interest rate environment.
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May 14 - News