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Tech stocks and blue chips advanced Friday to finish the week higher as oil prices cooled and investors embraced signs that the economy could move forward despite Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Gulf ...

A: First off, understand that long-term money is likely to grow more quickly in stocks than bonds.2.7

Start investing. Social Security alone won't support you in retirement. Don't be afraid of the stock market.2.7

The Sensex, which has been rising at quite a rate of late, reached 8,000 points on September 8. The index which reflects the feel-good factor of the market, gained 1,000 points in just 77 days What is the ...2.7

There's no disrespect to the dead and the dispossessed on the Gulf Coast in pointing out that calamities create opportunity.2.7

As you pay more for gas and heating oil, energy stocks and the funds that invest in them are enjoying a tremendous run, but financial professionals say you should consider the risks carefully before you load up ...4

Two men in Mobile, Ala., watch last week as part of an oil rig that broke during Hurricane Katrina crashes into a bridge over the Mobile River.2.7

On the anniversary of Sept. 11 and in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it is worth spending a minute or two thinking about risk.2.7

Saul Pannell will consider almost any stock for the Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund he manages, a style that has helped him outperform 88 percent of mutual funds he competes against over the past five years.2.7

SUMMER IS practically over, but the stock market summer doldrums remain. Daily trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange either meanders slightly up or slightly down each day.2.7

Wall Street, after a surprisingly strong week in the face of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe, ... Bonds fell as investors dismissed some of the early concerns about a severe economic slowdown.2.7

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No stories for this day. XML Feeds Rss 2.0 Atom Story Statistics Emailed Viewed Journal listing teaches investors a buy-and-hold strategy September 11,2005 Fred Schadler Special to the Sun Journal The AAII ...3.1

Guinness Atkinson Global Energy Fund Is the world running out of oil? What's behind the recent surge in oil prices? Request a copy of our exclusive research report "The Future of Energy." Available free to ...2.7

FAMILIARITY may breed contempt elsewhere in life - but not, apparently, in the financial markets ... That means that the stocks of two companies based in Boston, for example, are more likely to move in tandem than those of two companies based thousands of miles apart.

Mumbai: With the Sensex crossing 8,000, the question on everybody's minds is that how far can the current rally last.2.7

A two-day G-20 ministerial meeting ended here Saturday with a pledge to protect the livelihoods of millions of poor farmers of the group's member-countries. In a joint statement issued after the meet, the ...2.7

Stocks posted solid gains for the week. The Dow Jones industrials added 82 points yesterday, the Nasdaq rose nine points and the S-and-P 500 advanced ten points.2.7

Most individual investors are frustrated with the results they're getting from stocks these days and Mark Hing of Aptus Communications knows why.2.7

The recent housing boom has made many homeowners feel like very, very smart investors.2.7

Canada's dollar rose for a third straight week, approaching a 13-year high, after the central bank raised interest rates and job gains supported expectations for further rate increases.3.1

In a rising stock market like we're enjoying right now, all investors are geniuses and one on-line broker is pretty much as good as another for getting a trade done.2.7

A $36.3 million bond offering for the New Orleans levee system was canceled after MBIA Inc.2.7

The Bombay High Court acquitted four persons, including Executive vice-president as well as the vice-president of Canara Bank Financial Services Ltd., yesterday on the grounds that the charges of cheating, ...2.7

European stocks rose in the week, lifting the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index to the highest in more than three years.4.2

Next Inning Technology Research , an online subscription service focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced today that it has provided members with an updated outlook on companies in the ...2.7

Russian stocks likely to grow The Russian stock market is most likely to continue growth next week, a trader with Troika Dialog has told RBC TV.2.7

KARACHI: Trading activity at Karachi cotton market remained moderate on Friday. Around 5,000 bales changed hands.2.7

We've taken the search for the Holy Grail of mutual funds global. In August, MarketWatch hunted for diversified U.S. stock funds with low risk and expenses, above-average returns, high tax-efficiency and ...2.7

A manpower shortage in Keokuk's Sanitation Department is forcing the city to consider hiring temporary help.2.7

The Taiwan dollar had its fifth weekly decline on speculation the central bank will sell its currency after the yen fell, as it tries to prevent further narrowing in the trade surplus by spurring exports.2.7

MALAYSIAN International Merchant Bankers Bhd is arranging a RM1 billion loan facility which would allow a group of companies to have access to cheaper funds for their business operations.2.9