Leading the new pack of bulls who forecast a big leap in the U.S. economy and the stock market are the economists and analysts at Goldman Sachs. And they’ve a compiled a large batch of their “best-idea” stocks that they’re conv…
The S&P 500 gained about 13% last year, but it didn’t get much help while companies were releasing results. That index was unchanged or lower for all four of 2010’s earnings seasons, and it could repeat this pattern now.
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You can put new clothes on formerly communist nations, but it’s hard to change what’s under their skin. Don’t be fooled: Both Russia and China have really awful bones. So before investing in either one, know the risks that lurk…
With analysts expecting the stock market to rally, investors are feeling bullish. But are they too bullish? High investor confidence has often signaled a market turn for the worse in the past. Other indicators also show cause f…
Standard & Poor’s will make changes to several U.S. indexes next week, including the S&P MidCap 400, the S&P SmallCap 600, and the widely used S&P 500. The changes, which reflect the effects of acquisitions and market cap chang…