Asian Markets Slide After Chinese Interest Rate Hike

Chinese investors returning from the New Year holiday were greeted by a 25 basis point hike in interest rates. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.9%, in Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index fell 1.4%, and in Japan the Nikkei 225 Inde…

Bill Gates Sells 90 Million Microsoft Shares

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has cut his stake in the world’s largest software maker — which he co-founded — by 13% over the past year, InformationWeek reported. In the last five years, the company has delivered far lower re…

S&P 500 Earnings Beat the Street by 4.5% So Far

The S&P 500 is a bellwether for the American economy, and with quarterly reports for more than half of the index’s companies in this earnings season, S&P 500 firms are averaging a 4.5% positive earnings per share surprise, acco…

Under the Radar: Three Stocks Set to Double [Video]

Sometimes the stocks you least expect have the greatest opportunities. Hilary Kramer has come up with three such companies, revealed here, that she says offer great upside potential for investors.

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How High (or Low) Could the Stock Market Go?

U.S. equities have piled on way-above-average returns in the last five months. But what can investors expect over the next few years? The charts show some patterns, and they hint that returns could revert to a longer-term, lowe…