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Next thing to worry about: corporate earnings and, of course, jobs.

What could happen when the Fed begins to taper? How could it affect the economy, the housing and stock markets?

In trading on Thursday, shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE: VRX) touched a new 52-week high of $106.98/share. That's a 103.77% rise, or $54.48 per share from the 52-week low of $52.50 set back on 11/07...

Companies exposed to emerging markets and gold miners were boosted by a lack of QE tapering.     

It's a billion dollar day for JPM. The bank must refund $309 million to credit customers regulators said just hours after the bank agreed to pay $920 million over London Whale allegations.

In trading on Thursday, shares of Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) touched a new 52-week high of $18.55/share. That's a 79.40% rise, or $8.21 per share from the 52-week low of $10.34 set back on 12/31/2012. That means at today's...

In trading on Thursday, shares of Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) touched a new 52-week high of $39.56/share. That's a 117.72% rise, or $21.39 per share from the 52-week low of $18.17 set back on 10/25/2012. Tha...

On 9/23/13, First Horizon National Corp's Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (NYSE: FHN.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3875, payable on 10/10/13. As a percentage of FHN.PRA'...

On 9/23/13, Campus Crest Communities, Inc.'s 8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: CCG.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.50, payable on 10/15/13. As a percentage of CCG.P...

Thoughts on Lehman and Apple.

The rally in U.S. stocks took a recess one day after the Federal Reserve's decision to leave its stimulus efforts in place.

A technological glitch at the New York Fed's bidding system last week blocked Goldman Sachs' multibillion order for three-month Treasury bills, altering prices in the short-term U.S. debt market.

J.P. Morgan agreed to pay about $920 million in fines over actions tied to its 2012 "London Whale" trading debacle, regulators in the U.S. and U.K. said.

It was a banner day on Wall Street on Wednesday. Ben Bernanke and the FOMC meeting certainly helped. A lot of the stocks that we follow were flying. Let's take a look at some of them.

Asianl companies are rushing to raise capital through stock and bond sales after a summer of market volatility, a move being bolstered by the Federal Reserve's decision to delay tapering its stimulus.

Shareholders of Adtran (NASD: ADTN) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.3% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2014 covered call at the $29 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.40 bid,...

Shareholders of CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 6.6% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2015 covered call at the $35 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.90 ...

Looking back to 93 days ago, Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) priced a 29,000,000 share secondary stock offering at $27.75 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting that the...

European markets rise more than 1pc after the US Federal Reserve surprised markets and chose not to start tapering its $85bn asset purchases.     

The man who made Formula One's bravest comeback - Niki Lauda - has given his seal of approval to Kimi Raikkonen's dramatic decision to return to Ferrari.

The FOMC decision to keep its policy unchanged shocked the markets yesterday, as the consensus expected the start of tapering. Those who were short going into the announcement were really hurt and some complained that th...

The following post was published on the Knowledge@Wharton website on September 18, 2013.