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(TheStreet) -- The dollar broke a two-day winning streak against the yen Thursday as results of Japan's central bank meeting turned out to be less bearish for the Japanese currency than some had hoped. "The U.S. Dollar/Japanese yen broke below the 85 level following the BOJ (Bank of Japan) meeting...

(TheStreet) -- Refining. It's the only sector in energy or elsewhere that is not only immune to rising commodity costs, but is poised to benefit from them. For dedicated refining stocks, or integrated energy stocks with exposure to refining, that's a tremendous advantage, especially as we start...

(TheStreet) -- Say it ain't so, David Sokol! On days like this, I feel like a barefoot boy outside the dugout of the Chicago White Sox (or a courthouse, or wherever it was), waiting for Shoeless Joe Jackson. Has David Sokol besmirched the only truly unspoiled, clean, revered, even liked exponent...

(TheStreet) -- The Nasdaq Composite Index, once known as a high-flier because of its technology-company constituents, recently has been moving in step with the benchmark S&P 500 Index. As a result, the Nasdaq as a whole is largely unattractive to investors, who are taking on greater risk for...

(TheStreet) -- With the U.S. economy growing for a sixth straight quarter, companies in shipping, railroads, trucking and package delivery are expected by analysts to post big earnings gains this year. Some have already seen spectacular share-price increases. Traffic volume has risen all along the...

(TheStreet) -- The recipe for any good tech show is five parts fantasy to one part reality. And sometimes, as we saw with a few shops at this year's CTIA mobile trade show in Orlando, that last part is optional. There's nothing wrong with spinning fanciful tales about promising new tech...

(TheStreet) -- The S&P 500 Index has risen more than 4% in 2011, a faster pace than last year, but violence in the Middle East, a debt crisis in Europe and an environmental disaster in Japan has held back gains. The benchmark for U.S. stocks has fallen from a high of 1,343 reached Feb. 18....

(TheStreet) -- If baseball's Opening Day is supposed to end fans' winter hibernation, why is it so cold for fans in northern climates? Major League Baseball made a deal with fans last year that was applauded by purists, but left a lot of fans in the cold: The 2011 season would start in March so it...

(TheStreet) -- The Easter Bunny may look fluffy and cute, but retailers know there's a lot of consumer-toned muscle beneath that fuzzy exterior. Easter may not have the profile of other more secularly oriented holidays, but the bunny is a retail beast. Easter brought in more than $14 billion last...

(TheStreet) -- Set aside the rapid fire of all those studies saying you won't have enough to retire on. Beneath the fear and uncertainty there remain dreams, big and small, for how we envision our golden years. While dreams aren't always grounded in reality, and a fixed-income lifestyle may not...

(TheStreet) -- Should Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) be forced to pay sales taxes? That's the question being asked as the e-commerce giant threatens to sever ties with affiliates if forced to pay up. While this has been an ongoing debate, the dispute has recently escalated, as states seek ways to bolster...

(TheStreet) -- After a one-month decline that chopped almost 5% off the S&P 500, Don Hodges of the Hodges Fund received calls from seven clients who wanted him to put their investments in cash. Hodges, who's completing his 51st year in the business this month, says the only other time that's...

(TheStreet) -- The list of woes weighing on investor sentiment just keeps on growing. Last week, TheStreet ran a poll asking readers what they thought was the biggest market risk. That was before a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, the world's third largest economy. Now markets...

(TheStreet) - In recent months, investor confidence has been tested by a battery of disconcerting international events. While it is natural to keep a close watch on these gripping news stories, it important to avoid letting day-to-day headlines influence your long term investing success. There are...

(TheStreet) -- In the aftermath of Japan's devastating earthquake, investors, market commentators and analysts have begun to debate and discuss which industries will come out winners and which will become losers in the days, weeks, and months ahead. When it comes to energy, there are a number of...