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S&P says the group’s strong stock-price performance and positive fundamentals point to the potential for further gains

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In classical myth, Ceres was a harvest goddess who was eaten by her father, who came from the family of Titans. So it was perhaps fitting that…

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The domestic maven purchses down-home chef franchise, and her shares soar.

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The tech bellwether came through for the sector, posting better-than-expected earnings and guidance.

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The medical device maker’s earnings tumbled on acquisition and lawsuit settlement charges.

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Defensive sectors are expected to hold up better or even advance when the economy weakens. Why? Because regardless of the economy, people have to…

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Stocks frittered away early gains Tuesday, as surging oil prices sent the major indexes to closes near intraday lows.

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Hunters follow footprints when they stalk big game. Likewise, investors can follow the tracks of mutual funds to spot winning stocks.

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This was a good day to fade the opening gaps on the indices as the early gains evaporated in the face of $100 oil and a rally in gold. Too bad I got impatient with my gap fade trade and covered with only 2/3 of a gap fill around 11:30. The action […]

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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — The Bank of Japan’s policy board said the central bank shouldn’t be overly focused on short-term economic weakness or higher core inflation in formulating policy, suggesting there’s little impetus to adjust interest rates. Some members of the nine-member policy board, ”noted the possibility in the short run of slower economic growth and a higher rate of increase in the consumer price index and said that it was important not to be swayed too much by short-term developments but to make forward-looking projections of economic and price trends,” according to the minutes of the BOJ’s policy board meeting on Jan. 21-22 released in Tokyo Wednesday. The policy board also noted consumer prices were rising at a year-on-year rate of between 4% to 5%. When energy and food prices were stripped out of the consumer price index, core inflation remained slightly over 2%. ”These facts suggested that underlying inflation pressures had not subsided,” the minutes noted. The policy board also noted a slowdown in the U.S. economy was becoming more evident, with housing investment continuing to decrease substantially. It also noted U.S. business fixed investment remained on a gradual uptrend.
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