Popular investing site The Motley Fool has patented a system it believes can predict stock performance. Called Motley Fool CAPS, it taps the collective brainpower of more than 170,000 investors. Based on its performance over th…
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…
Last year, stocks rose as cost-cutting helped businesses set record profits. But its not too late to buy in, says venture capitalist Peter Cohan: With the corporate world’s focus shifting to sales growth, and profits likely to …
Standard & Poor’s downgraded Ireland’s debt rating by one notch on Wednesday due to concerns over possible increased capital requirements by the country’s banks.
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Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s are both considering downgrading their ratings on U.S. debt because of rising interest-to-revenue ratios, the nation’s jobless recovery, and rising Social Security and health care…