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Finding Good Stocks in Bad Markets

Wedbush Securities' equity focus list was Wall Street's best performer in the past six months, according to Zacks.


U.S. Stocks Rise as Consumer Confidence Overshadows GDP: Video

July 30 -- Bloomberg's Gigi Stone reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today.


Carrigan: Go ahead, add commodities to your portfolio

Last Wednesday, the NYMEX nearby month contract of natural gas popped over 2 per cent and nudged my natural gas exchange traded fund back to the break-even level.


Bill Donoghue: Proactive Fund Investor celebrates five-year win

The first five years of The Proactive Fund Investor newsletter have yielded some key lessons about succeeding in today's unpredictable markets.


Wall Street Movers, 7/30: Alcatel-Lucent,...

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market.


Jobs data, earnings latest test for stocks

U.S. stocks are unlikely to break above a key technical level next week unless monthly jobs data and consumer company results paint a more promising picture of the recovery.


TSX ends in negative territory on economic data, despite fight for gains

The Toronto stock market fought a losing battle to emerge from the red on Friday as investors weighed underwhelming readings for both Canadian and U.S. economies.


Financial Stocks: Financials wrap up strong month on down note

U.S. financial stocks posted slim losses on Friday as investors reacted to reports of a U.S. economic slowdown.


Stocks end July with big gain; Dow gains 7.1 pct

Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish.


Emerging Markets Report: Emerging markets, on healing path, climb in July

Russian and Turkish stocks stood out from their emerging-market rivals in July, helping push the investment class to its best gain in four months as panic over European debt loads subsided and as China's economy expanded, albeit at a slower pace.


Jonathan Burton's Life Savings: Investor sentiment gets hotter in July

The buyers are back in town. Bullish sentiment among investors rose to 40% from 21% in the first week of July, according to the latest survey from the American Association of Individual Investors, while 33% of respondents were bearish, down from 57% earlier in the month.


Mutual Funds Weekly: Gold bugs swatted as investors picnic on stocks

Don't miss these top money and investing columns: Gold bugs were swatted this past month like so many mosquitoes.





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