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The department is forming a new unit to broadly monitor the municipal-bond market, with a focus on troubled borrowers.

For decades, private equity (PE) firms made money by focusing on the microeconomics of businesses and letting the macro conditions take care of themselves. While investors focused on industry dynamics and company perform...

At some point during Chair Yellen’s tenure people will likely begin to see the pragmatic central banker she has been. Wednesday's luncheon speech to the Economic Club of New York was a step in that direction, once ever...

High-speed trading firm Virtu Financial Inc. has pulled the plug on its initial public offering plans for now.

(Reuters) - Investment banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, helped by gains in merger advisory and stock underwriting. The results underscored how b...

Optimism among individual investors is now at levels not seen in 12 months, according to the latest AAII Sentiment Survey

Signs of weakness in debuts from Weibo, Sabre and Paycom point to a snarl-up in Silicon Valley--and potential for further selloffs.

The stock market has hung in there so far this year in spite of negative economic reports from December through February that indicated the economy was slowing significantly.

As May creeps toward us you will begin to hear traders talking about the "Halloween indicator" or using the phrase "Sell in May and go away."

(Kitco News) - U.S. and Chinese economic data will drive gold-market expectations next week, analysts said, while traders also keep one eye on the situation in Ukraine.

(Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session lower and near the daily low Thursday. The bearish technical posture that has gripped the gold market this week is presently trumping potential safe-haven buying on ...

Trading is driven by news, sentiment and narrative, all word-based dynamics. Semantics are therefore key. In such an arena the misuse of words becomes a very dangerous thing.

Putting together a board of directors or advisors is an opportunity. It shouldn’t be considered a hassle. It’s a rare chance to build a qualified pool of loyal mentors and colleagues who care that you succeed, in par...

(Kitco News) -  (New York) – Silver’s struggle to hold gains could be a bad indication for the gold market as the white metal fails to keep pace, said the director of research for ETF Securities.

The markets are putting the new government--whoever it will be--into an impossible situation, says JPMorgan Chase's head of Asian emerging markets research

The robotic surgical device maker revealed that it expects total revenues of $465 million in Q1 2014, down 24% year-over-year (y-o-y) from $611 million in Q1 2013. Not only was the sales estimate disappointing compared t...

We estimate Coca-Cola?s single cup serves will be able to garner ~0.6% of its American sales by 2015, which could rise to more than 3% by 2020. This implies net sales worth more than $700 million by 2020. Since we assume...

The company is expected to gain from growth in developing markets and stabilizing European markets. In addition, we also expect sales in the U.S. to grow, carrying momentum from the second half of last year.

The company reported 19% year-on-year growth in revenues to $15.42 billion, which were in line with our expectations. Its operating income from continuing operations grew by approximately 3.5% to $3.65 billion. However, ...

As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money.  So let's look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.

Morgan Stanley (MS) increased its quarterly dividend to $0.10 per share from $0.05 per share, payable on May 15, 2014 to common shareholders of record on April 30, 2014.