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China devalues its currency, U.S. products get more expensive abroad
Fear gripped investors worldwide Tuesday and Wednesday as it became clear that sickly China could infect the global economy, including the U.S. Yet, after the Dow dropped almost 500 points...
Market’s losing streak ended by Buffett deal, possible China stimulus
Warren Buffett is a charmer. When he shows affection for stocks, other investors follow. And so it was Monday when Buffett announced that his Berkshire Hathaway is buying Precision Castparts,...
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Do you search the Web to find the best price on clothes or electronics? Do you drive across town to get a discount on a household item or to shave...
The economy looks strong. Why aren’t investors happy?
Just as analysts were beginning to fixate on risks to the U.S. from a fragile global economy, a new report Wednesday melted away the gloom. At the moment, the U.S....
Red alert: Markets flashing yellow caution signal
With not quite five months left in the year, the stock market has gone nowhere in 2015. That's not to say there haven't been some thrills. But they've come and...
Dear millennials, you’re ruining the economy. Move out.
The kids are back home and showing no inclination to move out on their own. More than five years after the end of the Great Recession, 18- to 34-year-olds seem...
China concerns keep investors wary
The bull market remains intact after making its way out of the China shop ... at least for now. Yet while the U.S. stock market found its footing Tuesday after...
Reader asks: Should you bail out of gold?
Q: I am seriously planning to liquidate 75 percent of my gold ETFs. I started with $101,500, and about two years later, the account value was $88,000. It keeps falling...
World’s economic crisis isn’t over, and won’t be for a while
As the economic woes of Greece and China bubbled to the surface and tugged at the stock market in the last couple of weeks, investors might have thought: Not again!...