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Recovery Goes Global, Unevenly (On the Street)


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Published Oct. 11, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Domestic economic data offered a glimmer of optimism for pundits charting the U.S. recovery, and developments overseas were also encouraging. These turnaround stories – the one at home and the one abroad – remain connected, but their plotlines are getting more complicated ... In the U.S., investors want to see if third-quarter earnings yield genuine revenue growth or profits based on weak comparisons and down-to-the-bone cost cuts. The global recovery complicated matters last Tuesday when

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Rainy-day oil funds see Mideast through downturn (AP)


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Published Oct. 11, 2009 at 3:01 p.m.

The Middle East has weathered the global economic downturn better than other parts of the world because its energy exporters were able to tap billions of dollars in oil profits collected when prices were booming, the International Monetary Fund said Sunday ...

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S&P: Dubai has insufficient funds to cover debt (AP)


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Published Oct. 11, 2009 at 2:23 p.m.

Dubai has "insufficient" funds to pay back billions of dollars worth of debt coming due, an analyst at credit rating firm Standard & Poor's said Sunday, putting added pressure on the struggling city-state to raise additional cash ...

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Mutual Funds: Third-Quarter Report Card (Screens)


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Published Oct. 8, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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What a difference a year makes ... Twelve months ago the country’s financial system seemed on the brink of disaster, the stock market was enduring weekly triple-digit swings and the government was resorting to bailout tactics the level of which hadn’t been seen in 80 years ... Now, the economy and the market appear to be on the road to recovery — or at least nearing the on-ramp to one. The S&P 500 is up around 20% year-to-date. Financial firms, at the epicenter of the downturn last year,

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Seeking Safe Returns in a Perilous World


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Published Oct. 8, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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MOHAMED EL-ERIAN, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF PIMCO and its co-chief investment officer, has predicted that the U.S. economy will be moving into a sluggish "new normal" stage when the recession ends. That stage will be marked by annual gross domestic product growth of no more than 3%, stubbornly high unemployment and more government intervention than was the norm before the financial-sector eruption and meltdown ... Pimco, known formally as Pacific Investment Management Co., has created a mutual

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Why Your Brain Wants to Waste That Gift Card (Money and Your Mind)


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Published Oct. 8, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Gift cards have always been an unhappy medium: more thoughtful than cash, less thoughtful than an actual gift. But with recent changes to the laws governing these products, restricting fees and expiration dates, gift cards are about to become less thoughtful than ever ... How is giving consumers more time to use a gift and stopping companies from nickel-and-diming them in the meantime bad for consumers? Because the real problem with gift cards isn’t that you have too little time to redeem them

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Stocks and ETFs Rally as Indexes Hit Highs (Daily ETF Wrap-Up)


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Published Oct. 8, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Market Wrap-Up ... Stocks rallied late in the day and hit a high point for the year as traders’ hopes for recovery climbed sharply. Most exchange-traded funds were carried along in the rally and finished up for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 78 points at 9864, while the Nasdaq rose 15 to 2139. The S&P 500 climbed 6 to 1071 ... The Commerce Department reported an unexpected drop in the trade deficit. The deficit in international trade of goods and services fell 3.6% to

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25 Funds for Long-Term Investors (Screens)


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Published Oct. 1, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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The financial advisers we speak with every week say that most investors shouldn’t be concerned with short-term movements in the stock market. It’s better to avoid the roller coaster rides in favor of allowing a portfolio to grow slowly and steady over the long term, they say. It would be foolhardy to try to make up for a dismal 2008 by betting on the pops and drops of this year’s market ... The same strategy could be applied to funds. Taking a long-term approach to fund investing could

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Flat Finish to Choppy Week for ETFs, Stocks (Daily ETF Wrap-Up)


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Published Oct. 1, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Market Wrap-Up ... Stocks regained their footing Friday after an early drop on an uptick in the unemployment rate. The figure hit 9.8% in September, the highest level since June 1983. Stocks and most exchange-traded funds finished the week down ... The Dow shed 1.8% for the week ... The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed nearly flat on Friday, down 22 at 9487, recouping sharp opening losses. The Nasdaq ended down 9 at 2048 and the S&P 500 ebbed 5 to close at 1025 ... Figures from the Labor

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6 Supreme Court Cases Investors Should Watch (On the Street)


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Published Oct. 1, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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The Supreme Court opens its new term Monday, marking what will likely prove a big year for business conflicts. Many cases with broad implications for companies and investors are on the docket, from suits dealing with fraud and antitrust allegations to questions of securities law. One of the most anticipated cases scheduled -- a challenge to the patenting of a financial tool -- could set a precedent for all patents of business methods ... In recent years, the Court has been very sympathetic

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