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Goldman says macro outlook challenged which along with tighter financial conditions may lead to lower valuations

Some investors are betting stock and bond prices will continue their smooth sailing even as the Federal Reserve prepares to potentially trim its monetary stimulus.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke explained in his post-FOMC press conference that he is concerned about the effect of tighter monetary conditions on the housing market, through its impact on mortgages, and about the debt ceilin...

Gold tends to move higher when real interest rates--nominal rates minus inflation--are going lower, and that's what happened today.

Bernanke's Federal Reserve Enacted A Policy Of QE: How Has It Affected Oil, Gold, Equities, Emerging Markets And Treasuries?

The likelihood of a positive return in municipal bonds this year is looking increasingly slim. Almost every one of the benchmark Barclays Municipal Bond General Market Indices for maturities of five years or longer exper...

Wall Street is optimistic about Cintas, which is slated to report its first quarter results on Thursday, September 19, 2013. Analysts project a profit of 64 cents a share, a rise from 60 cents per share a year ago.

Analysts expect decreased profit for Darden Restaurants when the company reports its first quarter results on Friday, September 20, 2013. Although Darden reported profit of 85 cents a year ago, the consensus estimate cal...

Hackers and other cybercriminals pose as grave a threat to the financial system as the recent financial crisis if banks and government officials don't mount an effective response, a top U.S. official warned Wednesday.

Stocks and Treasurys rallied, with the S&P 500 jumping to an all-time high, as the Fed surprised markets by announcing that its stimulus measures would stay in place until its next policy-setting meeting.

Federal Reserve officials kept the central bank's $85 billion-per-month bond-buying program in place, saying that they wanted to see more evidence that the economy can sustain improvement before scaling back its bond pur...

The founder of Beanie Babies agreed to plead guilty to a federal tax-evasion charge in connection with undeclared Swiss accounts and to pay $53.6 million in penalties.

More than a year before a European banking-rescue program is set to end, banks are lobbying for another program to replace the old one, a sign of how rickety the continent's financial system remains.

U.S. regulators proposed new rules Wednesday that would require public companies to disclose the pay gap between chief executives and rank-and-file employees.

Today, three distinct, often competing, players are vying for control of the future of the TV industry: large distribution companies that have amassed enormous power, creators of original content who are increasingly dri...

So today's the day. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, head of the U.S. central bank, will announce the beginning of the end for quantitative easing at this month's policy meeting in Washington.

Investing part of your portfolio in the yellow metal is one thing, deciding how is quite another.

In a bid to contain record trade deficit, government has hiked import duty on refined gold three times since January

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) at $100 billion market cap, that's approximately $100 a head per user. How does that come to pass when you consider the average Facebook account's content? Think of all your friends' Facebooks, do an...

If the trend in subscription numbers continues, it shows that the uproar among Adobe user base over the change in licensing was simply noise and alternative products are not gaining share as rapidly as would have appeare...

Looking back to 132 days ago, Resolute Energy Corp (NYSE: REN) priced a 13,250,000 share secondary stock offering at $8.00 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting tha...

Looking back to 37 days ago, Laredo Petroleum Holdings (NYSE: LPI) priced a 16,000,000 share secondary stock offering at $23.75 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expectin...