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US crude are on track for their first weekly gains in 11 weeks, ending the longest losing streak since 1986

Brazil's big bet on China is turning sour as the Asian country's once voracious appetite for Brazilian exports dims.

Struggling Shanghai Metersbonwe Fashion and Accessories, one of China’ s biggest home-grown apparel and fashion chains, lost 95 million yuan, or $14.9 million, in the first half of 2015, reversing a profit of 179 milli...

After months of forewarning by the Federal Reserve that it is preparing to raise short-term interest rates, some international officials have a message: Get on with it already.

Investors will be watching Puerto Rico for details of a restructuring plan for its $72 billion debt load, as officials face a Sunday deadline to deliver a draft of the plan.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  I think this one speaks volumes. In red we have the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY).  In blue, we have the Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP). We can see that SPY and RSP ar...

Let us explore the following scenario together: you have bought a collection of investment properties for $1 million.  These properties are of high quality and you have every reason to believe you will be able to increa...

I use Google every day, and yet I still marvel at how amazing a tool it is. Part of this amazement stems from the fact that most of my life was spent in the dark ages before the search giant changed human knowledge forev...

A small mutual fund has returned 42% so far this year with an investment strategy involving exchange-traded funds that have been criticized in past years as a "minefield" for individual investors.

In afternoon trading on Friday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, up 2.6%. Within that group, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) and Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) are two large stocks leading th...

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Friday, shares of Utilities companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 1.0% loss. Within that group, Pepco Holdings Inc. (NYSE: POM) and Public Service Enterpr...

I freely admit to being perhaps the world’s worst market timer. For instance, October 2008 found me in Siem Reap, Cambodia watching the market attempt to come unglued on satellite TV. My wife still hasn’t forgiven me...

While the Federal Reserve may raise rates in September, persistently low inflation would stay its hand from future increases.

It's been a slow year for most automakers who depend on their sales in China, considering how the country had been a cash cow over the last few years. The world's largest automotive market has suffered a substantial hit ...

The U.S. mortgage industry witnessed an exceptionally strong level of activity over the second quarter of the year, with data compiled by the Mortgage Bankers Association showing that $395 billion in mortgages were origi...

The market for memory products is highly cyclical in nature, and the product prices are heavily dependent on the balance of demand and supply. In addition to the slowdown in PC sales in recent years, DRAM demand has been...

While generic prices are still increasing, fewer drugs have increased in price and also by lower amounts in Q2 2015 than they did an year ago. The pace of FDA approvals for generic drugs has also picked up in 2015 and co...

The Federal Reserve's No. 2 official, Stanley Fischer, told CNBC the central bank hasn't settled on whether to raise interest rates next month, and the option remains on the table.

The August media stock sell-off is a call for studios and distributors to develop solid digital strategies.

Former U.S. President George W. Bush returned to New Orleans on Friday for the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the disaster that killed more than 1,200 people with subsequent flooding and marked one of the lowest ...

Oil prices rose Friday, erasing earlier losses, as a surprise one-day rally extended to a second day.

The global investor cannot afford to ignore what's happening in China. The world's second largest economy, or first depending on whom you talk to, has a massive impact on global dynamics and asset prices. This week's mar...