Investment

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  • 3 Big Risks Hidden in Banks’ Earnings Beats

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    “Yes, but….” That’s the only way to react to the news that JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) reported record earnings results late last week, trouncing analysts’ expectations and...

  • In the Bulls' Eye This Week: Earnings and Bernanke

    By Patti Domm, CNBC

    Dozens of earnings reports and two days of Federal Reserve testimony could make the coming week a tense time for bulls, who are hoping to see stocks keep breaking out to new highs.

  • How Tech’s Big Guns Could Ambush the Stock Rally

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Like the other major U.S. stock indices, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index has been on a tear of late. Unlike the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, which both reached new all-...

  • Gold Soars Nearly 3 Percent, But Not Yet a ‘Buy’

    By Cnbc Staff, CNBC

    Gold soared almost 3 percent to a two-and-a-half week high on Thursday after dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, but analysts are still not convinced the metal is a good long-...

  • Time to Pull Out of Foreign Stocks?

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    To venture beyond their borders, or to stay home: that is the conundrum facing investors today. The headlines from abroad are certainly daunting, ranging from the deeply worrying (such as the...