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Egypt’s Political Unrest Should Point Investors Toward U.S. Energy Producers and Crude Oil

{ Posted on Feb 07 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
Stocks lifted generously over the past week as investors celebrated the start of February with a bang amid cooling tempers in Egypt, guarded optimism in the halls of the U.S. Federal Reserve, stronger results among ...Read More »

Can the Bull Market in Stocks Get Running as Uncertainty Recedes?

{ Posted on Nov 21 2010 by Jon D. Markman }
Stocks rose briskly in the second half of last week as investors cheered the return of General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) shares to the Street and the return of Irish budget officials to the debt ...Read More »

Will the Mid-Term Elections Drive the Market Into High Gear?

{ Posted on Sep 27 2010 by Jon D. Markman }
The past five days added more hues to the emerging snapshot of U.S. economic growth that is sluggish and top-heavy, but still rolling forward -- kind of like a tank that can't get out of first gear. New ...Read More »

Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Moving Business Online as Foot Traffic Declines

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Kerri Shannon }
U.S. retailers this year geared up for the annual back-to-school shopping season, the parents and children didn't fill the streets and shopping malls - they stayed inside, and online, cruising for bargains on the Internet. Overall sales ...Read More »