Markets
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A new way to invest in a 401(k): ETFsFeb 09, 2014 5:36 am - NEW YORK — Be the market. Minimize costs. It sounds like a Zen saying, but it’s also an investing strategy that more of us are adopting. Every month, billions of dollar...
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Experts contemplate the end of smokingFeb 09, 2014 12:30 am - ATLANTA — Health officials have begun to predict the end of cigarette smoking in America. They have long wished for a cigarette-free America, but shied away from calling...
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Stocks rebound to post gain for the weekFeb 07, 2014 4:01 pm - As comebacks go, this one was a couple of days in the making. On Friday, the U.S. stock market rebounded from a deep slump earlier in the week to muster the first positi...
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US stocks end higher; Dow has its best day of 2014Feb 06, 2014 3:39 pm - After a rocky start to the week, U.S. stocks roared back on Thursday, giving major stock indexes their biggest gain of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average and the...
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Analyst talks at Harper about economy, housingFeb 06, 2014 2:15 pm - Jack Ablin, executive vice president and chief investment officer for BMO Private Bank in Chicago, spoke Thursday on the economy and investing as well as his forecast fo...
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U.S. stocks end down slightly, but cut lossesFeb 05, 2014 3:43 pm - Wall Street took a step backward Wednesday. Then a tiny step forward. Then back. The tentative dance amounted to little change for major U.S. stock indexes, which ended ...
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Bargain-hunting drives slight gains for U.S. stocksFeb 04, 2014 3:30 pm - Investors went hunting for bargains a day after U.S. stocks racked up the biggest losses in more than seven months. The buying helped lift major stock indexes out of the...
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After tough January, stocks extend slideFeb 03, 2014 4:00 pm - For investors, February is starting off even rougher than January. U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 320 points aft...
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Unconstrained bond funds: What you should knowFeb 02, 2014 5:30 am - NEW YORK — Bond funds aren’t boring anymore. A new kind is on the scene, after many of the formerly steady and reliable workhorse investments lost money last year for t...
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New farm bill changes subsidy paymentsFeb 01, 2014 6:17 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Farm subsidies that have guided agriculture through record profits in recent years are going away in the five-year farm bill that could become law in the c...