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• Fundstrat's Tom Lee: 'Wall of Worry' Bodes Well for Stocks
  The S&P 500 index reached yet another record high Thursday, and it's got more room to rise, says Tom Lee,managing partner of Fundstrat research.
• New York Post's Crudele: Economy's Strength Overstated
  While some analysts have expressed enthusiasm over the economy's 3.5 percent annualized growth in the third quarter, things aren't as good as they look, says New York Post columnist John Crudele.
• Stocks Gain as Jobless Claims Data Boost Economic Optimism
  U.S. stocks rose, sending benchmark indexes to records, as the European Central Bank vowed to increase stimulus efforts if needed and a drop in American jobless claims bolstered optimism in the economy.
• Economists: Rising Wages May Force Fed Into Early Rate Hike in 2015
  The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week and compensation accelerated in the third quarter, in the latest signs of tightening labor market conditions.
• US Announces First Bitcoin Securities Fraud Case Against Texas Man
  A Texas man who operated Bitcoin Savings and Trust was charged on Thursday with bilking his investors, in what prosecutors called the first federal criminal securities fraud case arising from a bitcoin-related Ponzi scheme.
  Trendon Shavers, 32, of McKinney, Texas, was...
• Startup Backer Thiel Shunning 'Crazy Government Bond Bubble'
  Billionaire Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel said he's trying to stay away from a "really crazy government bond bubble" brought on by record-low interest rates in the U.S., Europe and Japan.
• NYT: Business Leaders Optimistic GOP Gains Will Boost Their Agenda
  U.S. business leaders grew a bit more hopeful about achieving their legislative goals after the Republican Party scored major victories in the mid-term elections, taking control of the Senate.
• Kudlow: Obama Risks Creating 'Rat's Nest' of Backlash on Immigration
  CNBC senior contributor Larry Kudlow, a Moneynews Insider, wasn't too impressed with President Obama's press conference Wednesday in which he pledged to work with Republicans where possible.
• Draghi: ECB Ready to Launch More Stimulus 'if Needed'
  The European Central Bank is ready to use further unconventional policy tools if needed to stave off the risk of deflation and has asked staff to prepare them for use if needed, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Thursday.
• Challenger: Job Cuts Soared 68 Percent in October
  Enthusiasm has soared about the job market this year, as monthly reports from the government have showed solid gains.
• Jobless Claims Drop as Four-Week Average Hits Lowest Since 2000
  Fewer people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the job market should continue to improve.The Labor Department says weekly applications fell 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 278,000. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, declined 2,250 to...
• Morici: A GOP Senate Is Not Enough: 6 Tough Challenges Facing America
  Voter discontent has given Republicans control of the Senate, but Americans might quickly become dissatisfied with the new cast on Capitol Hill.
• El-Erian: Obama, New GOP Congress Must Truly Compromise for Economy to Soar
  In their shellacking of the Democrats, Republicans did more than gain control of the Senate in the midterm elections. They also increased their majority in the House of Representatives to a level not seen for many decades.
• Entrepreneur Ortner: Neither Party on the Ball When it Comes to Small Biz
  Tuesday's election results are unlikely to do much for small business, says Michael Ortner, co-founder of Capterra, an online marketplace for the business software industry.
• Big Companies Said to Sign Secret Tax-Cut Deals With Luxembourg
  More than 300 companies, including PepsiCo Inc., AIG Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, secured secret deals from Luxembourg to slash their tax bills, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reported, quoting leaked documents.
• Telegraph's Warner: King Dollar Could Derail China's Economic Growth
  A resurging U.S. dollar might cripple Chinese economic growth, with profound global implications, according to Jeremy Warner, associate editor of The Daily Telegraph.
• Stocks Perform Well Under Democratic President, GOP Congress
  You may already have read that stocks perform particularly well in periods after mid-term elections, but did you know that stocks have historically done quite well during times of a Democratic president and a unified GOP Congress too?
• Strategist Eisenstadt: S&P 500 Will Climb 10% in Next 6 Months
  Some analysts turned bullish on stocks in the wake of Tuesday's election results, but Sam Eisenstadt, former research director at Value Line, already was bullish.
• Money's Lim: Elections Results Won't Hamper Stocks
  While financial commentators are debating the impact of Republican election victories on the economy, the results won't keep stocks from rising, says Paul Lim of Money magazine.
• MarketWatch's Michael Sincere: Beware the 'Sucker' Rally in Stocks
  The current U.S. stock market rally is for "suckers," and there is ample proof it is hovering around an unsustainable record top, according to MarketWatch columnist Michael Sincere.
• Dow, S&P 500 Climb to Records After Republican Gains in Midterm Vote
  U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with both the S P 500 and Dow advancing to records, after Republicans took control of the Senate, allaying fears of drawn-out runoffs and raising investor hopes for more business- and energy-friendly policies.
• Dollar-Store Chains Find Smokers Are Some of Their Best Shoppers
  Unlike supermarkets and drugstores, dollar-stores chains are relative newcomers to selling cigarettes. Yet they've quickly discovered that smokers are some of their best customers.
• Fed's Fisher: I Hope New Congress Won't Thwart Central Bank Independence
  Dallas Federal Reserve president Richard Fisher said on Wednesday he hopes the new Republican-controlled Congress will limit any new laws that might endanger the Fed's independence.
• JPMorgan's Silver: Data Show Growth Has Recently 'Cooled Off'
  U.S. services industry activity slowed for a second straight month in October, suggesting some loss of momentum in the economy early in the fourth quarter.
• Medical Device, Housing, Energy Stocks Could Benefit From Election
  Stocks historically rise after mid-term elections, with the S&P 500 soaring an average of 16 percent in the six months following these elections since 1950.

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