With All Eyes on Election, Stocks Barely Budge

Stocks closed essentially unchanged Friday as mixed economic news and earnings data failed to distract traders from next week’s mid-term elections and Federal Reserve policy statement.
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The Top 10 Stocks of the Last 10 Years

The stock market indexes have not been kind to investors over the last 10 years, but some individual shares have delivered astounding returns. Here’s our list of the 10 stocks we all wished we had bought a decade ago.
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Stocks Close Mixed on Earnings and G-20 Anxiety

Stocks closed mixed Friday as another round of solid third-quarter earnings reports was checked by rising anxiety about the dollar. Despite the uncertainty, stocks pulled off their third straight week of gains.
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Dow Dives Below 11,000 on China Rate Hike, Earnings

Stocks fell sharply Tuesday after a surprise rate hike from China’s central bank and mixed quarterly earnings reports led to heavy selling in technology, materials and energy stocks.
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Five Retail Stocks Worth Putting on Your Shopping List

We started with Citi Investment Research’s top global retail picks for an “hourglass” recovery (benefiting retailers on the high and low ends). After drilling down into the fundamentals and valuations, here are our five favorit…