The S&P 500 has confounded the bears and is off to its best start in years, rallying almost 7 percent in a little more than a month of trading. After an uninterrupted rally of this magnitude, investors should be prepared for the inevitable correction.
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Wall Street has the deck stacked against you.
With encouraging economic data prompting traders to take on additional risk, it’s time for investors to add equities.
How will Research in Motion fare after RIM’s decision to replace co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie? Analysts weigh in.
eBay capped a solid year with a strong fourth quarter, but uncertainty in Europe continues to damper the company’s future outlook.
It’s easy to fall prey to overly bearish sentiment regarding the EU sovereign-debt crisis. Europe is far from healthy, but key credit metrics suggest that the outlook is improving on the Continent.
Don’t buy into the gloom. The US economy continues to improve in key areas.
It may seem old fashioned, but railroad data can provide key insights into the strength of the US economy. And the US economy is gathering steam.
The US economy has picked up steam in the fourth quarter as several major headwinds have abated. But the EU sovereign-debt crisis will continue to roil markets in 2012 and investors would be wise to adopt a strategy of defensive growth next year.
Congress averted a government shutdown in a rare moment of bipartisan action. But US politics will continue to exert an outsized influence on markets in 2012. Here’s how to protect yourself from uncertainty in Washington.
