Market Gawk

With the Bear Stearns collapse, equities’ age of anxiety just got an extra jolt of caffeine. Should individual investors give up on stocks?

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Japan’s prime minister nominated a former government official to the governorship of the Bank of Japan Tuesday — the second attempt to pick a successor who will win legislative approval — but it’s a choice at least one analyst says is likely to be rejected by the opposition-controlled upper chamber during tomorrow’s vote.

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The firm’s heavy subprime exposure and minimal writedowns to this point have investors nervous. But defenders say it’s no Bear Stearns

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Asian markets were mostly weaker Tuesday, with Shanghai-listed stocks extending losses into the fifth straight day on worries of continued monetary tightening by the central bank, and forcing a retreat for China-related shares in Hong Kong.

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Sure, high oil prices help exploration and production firms. Their costs are down, too, thanks to over-supply of drilling rigs in the U.S.

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The largest actively managed and best-selling fund in the country, American Funds Growth Fund of America (AGTHX), runs $182 billion in assets. It…

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