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U.S. stocks were slightly lower as investors digested a report by Goldman Sachs speculating that the Fed Funds rate may be increased in the third quarter of 2015, earlier than expected. Earnings season unofficially kicks off this week with Alcoa (NYSE: AA) reporting on Tuesday. Many Dow...

This weekend in Barron's online: the quarterly report on mutual funds, as well as the prospects for Dish Network, Realogy and more. Cover Story "Target-Date Funds Are Taking Over" by Andrew Bary. Target-date mutual funds are taking over the 401(k) market, according to this week's cover story in...

U.S. stocks were slightly lower as positive housing data proved to be not enough to boost the Dow's winning streak to eight days. The National Association of Realtors reported that previously-owned home sale posted strong growth in May compared to April. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry...

U.S. stocks closed the day slightly higher as a mergers and acquisition heavy trading session eased fears over escalating violence in Iraq. The New York Federal Reserve's Empire State index for June showed that business conditions in June rose from May. In fact, June's reading proved...

U.S. stocks gained on Thursday despite the Commerce Department reporting that U.S. gross domestic product declined at a one percent annualized rate in the quarter. Analysts were expecting GDP to decline 0.4 percent. Pending home sales were below expectations but investors may have shrugged off...

U.S. stocks rose as both the Dow and S&P 500 indices closed at record highs. With over 90 percent of S&P 500 companies reported earnings, investor focus has shifted to renewed merger and acquisition activity that provides a higher level of confidence that the economy is expanding. The...

U.S. stocks struggled to stay in positive territory as earnings continue to come in mixed and investors and traders still showing a "risk-on" approach. The Dow closed at new record highs as the S&P 500 struggled to stay in positive territory for most of the day. The Nasdaq saw a strong end...

U.S. stocks were mixed as the Dow finished in positive territory and the S&P 500 index turned negative after rising to within two points of its record close. The Nasdaq also turned negative towards the end of the day, declining for the third straight day. Earnings continue to come in mixed...

Highlights on the earnings front this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Disney, Keurig Green Mountain, Pfizer and Whole Foods Market, which are expected to post year-over-year earnings gains. Analysts expect Tesla Motors to say its earnings declined, and for Groupon and SolarCity to...

U.S. stocks fell after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq has risen for six consecutive trading sessions after new home sales data came in worse than expected. Investors could reasonably expect the markets to cool off after six straight days of gains especially as earnings continue to come in mixed....

We are on the verge of huge technological change, according to analysts at Oppenheimer. They see a coming convergence of mobile and cloud computing with telecommunications, in which companies such as DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV), Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) and T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS) may be may...

This week Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was thought to have set a goal for tablet sales in 2014. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) may have done the same. King (NYSE: KING) defended its disappointing public debut. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) spent $2 billion on yet another startup. Microsoft released Office for the...

The ways in which people watch television content have already started to evolve. Thanks to a new agreement between Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and satellite provider Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) that evolution could speed up. Last week Dish signed a contract for Internet streaming rights for ESPN,...

Peace may have returned to Ukraine but the country’s ousted president, Viktor Yanukovych, is wanted for mass murder. Additionally, Egypt’s government will resign. These stories are making international investors nervous but markets are mostly quiet. Friday, the Dow lost about 30 points to close...

U.S. stocks finished the week slightly lower as investors gave today's poor housing data a slack, and blame it on the weather. “Investors are willing to cut the market some slack because of the weather; I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the economy heats up as the weather warms up,” Jack...