Dow Jumps 124 Points as Oil Dips and Bank Stocks Rally

After a rough opening session on Monday, stocks rebounded sharply on Tuesday. The Dow enjoyed a triple-digit gain after oil prices eased and bank shares bounced higher on the possibility of further dividend payouts and share bu…

Stocks Fall as Oil Prices Rise and Tech Weighs

Increasing violence in Libya caused oil prices to rise and stocks to fall 80 points to close at 12,090 on Monday. It didn’t help that a Wells Fargo analyst also downgraded the semiconductor industry, sending shares of Intel dow…

Face-Off on Stocks: Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Barrick Gold [Video]

Can you profit from the turmoil in the Middle East? Oil is now flirting around $100 a barrel and gold is continuing its upward trend. For investors, this could present an opportunity in oil and gold stocks. Here is the bull and bear take on three stocks that could rise on Mideast unrest.

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Will Mideast Turmoil Hoist Gold to a New High?

Gold bugs love bad news, and civil war in Libya, Africa’s third-largest oil producer, couldn’t have come at a better time. After dropping a hundred bucks in January, February’s upheavals have pushed gold back within striking di…