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Top 5 bull markets since 1929
The bull market that started in 2009 is currently the fifth most spectacular rise in stock prices since at least 1929. Can you guess which bull markets have been even more impressive?
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Five signs Americans are forgetting recession's lessons
Declining savings is one of five signs that American households are forgetting the lessons of the Great Recession:
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Debt-ceiling showdown: 4 reasons it's not a replay of 2011
In 2011, Congress and President Obama went to the brink of government default when congressional Republicans balked at raising the nation's debt ceiling. The spring of 2013 appears to have another debt ceiling fight in store. Here are the top four things that have changed.
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Six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong
Mitt Romney’s economic plan is largely based on a whitepaper written by several “heavyweight” economists. The problem is, it's riddled with fundamental flaws. Here are six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong about what ails the American economy and how to fix it.
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Obama vs. Romney 101: 3 ways they differ on regulation
Wall Street is a big target – blamed for the financial crisis that led to the Great Recession. Mitt Romney says efforts to rein in financiers via more regulation are an attack on “economic freedom.” President Obama says new regulations would make it “more profitable to play by the rules than to game the system.” Here are three specifics on which the two differ.
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Will jobs report give a timely lift to Obama's record on the economy?
At 7.8 percent, the US unemployment rate is now back to the point it was when President Obama took office. But Mitt Romney say it's still not a recovery – and that the real jobless rate is closer to 11 percent.
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Opinion: In quest for jobs, Fed chair Bernanke's money spigot hurts economy in long run
US unemployment fell to 7.8 percent (a possible boon to President Obama, whose economic leadership Mitt Romney criticizes). But job growth remains slow. Fed Chair Bernanke's quantitative easing policies aim to boost the economy, but they will more likely spur inflation and capital flight.
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Steve Jobs biography: Best business book of the year?
One year after Steve Jobs' death, his biography by Walter Isaacson is now a finalist for the annual Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year award. The book came with Steve Jobs' full cooperation.
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Stocks climb after jobless claims report
A better-than-expected jobless claims report pushed stocks higher Thursday. The major stock market indexes have climbed steadily higher to start October.
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September manufacturing growth lifts stocks
Stocks got a boost from the latest manufacturing report, which showed growth in September. The manufacturing report came out half an hour after trading began, and sparked Monday's jump in stock prices.
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Opinion: Note to tweeting #Romney, #Obama campaigns and #journalists: Chill
Believing that faster is better, journalists and political figures feel constant pressure to express themselves at the speed of a tweet. The resulting commentary is long on reflex and short on reflection, and harms public discourse. There's an answer: Slow down.
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Timothy Geithner pressures SEC to change money-market rules
Timothy Geithner is putting pressure on the Securities and Exchange Commission to overhaul its rules for money-market mutual funds. Geithner warned that without an overhaul to the money-market system, US financial stability would remain threatened.
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Energy Voices Is the world economy suffering from 'high-priced fuel syndrome'?
The major issue for many countries is that oil is becoming too expensive for the economy to afford, Tverberg writes.
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Student loan debt hits record 1 in 5 US households
Student loan debt has reached a record 1 in 5 US households, with the biggest burdens falling on the young and poor. Because of the sluggish economy, fewer college students than before are able to settle into full-time careers immediately upon graduation, contributing to the jump in student loan debt.
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GDP growth revised down to 1.3 percent
GDP growth in the second quarter was even more sluggish than previously reported. Effects of drought on farms was the biggest factor for the GDP revision.
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Time to refinance your mortgage? Rates hit historic lows.
Mortgage interest rates are at their lowest point since records have been kept. Last week, some 81 percent of the loans made were refinancings, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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Europe unrest reverberates on Wall Street
A dip in home sales and unrest in Europe sent stocks sliding Wednesday, extending the longest losing streak for the S&P 500 since mid-July. European stocks had their worst day in months as unrest threatened to boil over in Greece.
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The Reformed Broker A crumbling Europe tests America's foundation
We built a castle on a cloud, Brown writes. With European markets back in turmoil the only question is whether or not our castle on a cloud can remain aloft, above the disturbances at ground level.
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Oil prices fall as gloomy economic outlook persists
Oil prices fell below $91 per barrel Wednesday amid pessimism about the outlook for economic growth. Oil prices failed to get any lasting boost from high US consumer confidence.
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Dow plummets 100 points in stock sell-off
Stocks dropped after Charles Plosser, president of the Fed's Philadelphia branch, told an audience Tuesday that the Fed's effort to support the economy would likely fall short of its goals.
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Holidays to cheer: Retailers plan to increase hiring this season
Good back-to-school sales and rising consumer confidence are leading many retailers to add more seasonal jobs than they did last year – and many could become permanent.
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Home prices rise in 20 major cities as housing market climbs back
Home prices rose across the United States in July, buoyed by better sales and fewer foreclosures. Though home prices are still well below their 2006 peak, it's a positive sign of further recovery for the housing market.
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Stocks waver as confidence falls in Europe
Stocks closed down modestly after opening low and recovering in the afternoon. Stocks had risen strongly in recent weeks as traders anticipated, then received, help from the Federal Reserve.
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Asian stocks, boosted by stimulus, fall on economic outlook
Asian stock markets drift lower as concerns rise about global economic weakness. Stock market optimism over stimulus from Fed and other central banks seems to be fading.
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Unemployed and overlooked: Labor force rate of participation down drastically
Since 2007, 4 million people have left the labor force, in many cases because they have given up looking for jobs. If these 'discouraged jobseekers' were counted in the jobless rate, August's numbers would have been 10.5 percent.
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Gold prices hit high for the year
Gold prices hit $1,790 an ounce in Friday trading, before falling back to $1,778. Gold prices rose on hopes of economic stimulus from a Spanish bailout.
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After Fed rally stocks slip late in day
Most of Friday seemed like another day in the Fed rally until stocks slipped in the late afternoon. Stocks are still much higher than might be expected for such a morose economy.
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Oil prices drop back to reality
Oil prices fall 7 percent since Friday. The drop in oil prices was overdue, analysts say.
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Weak global markets drag stocks down
Three stocks fell for every two that rose on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday after manufacturing and business activity in both China and Europe slowed.
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Mortgage rates fall to record low 3.49 percent
Mortgage rates for 15-year agreements fell to a new record low this week, and the average 30-year rate touched its record low. Mortgage rates matched their lowest level since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s.
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