US markets
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Russia’s rouble is struggling, the euro is flirting with another recession, but the US dollar is having a great year. But can it last?
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In less than six months, crude oil has dropped to $72 per barrel, affecting US energy stocks, the Russian rouble, junk-bond prices – and portfolios
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Opec, the oil cartel, believed it could help production. Instead, it ended up hurting itself as well as the Russian rouble, energy stocks, infrastructure development and more
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In a world swamped with cheap, unsold crude oil, the powerful petroleum cartel needs Vladimir Putin to join it as it considers trimming production
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Ron Paul and other gold bugs keep fingers crossed for Swiss vote that could add $50 to price of gold
The US isn’t moving to the gold standard any time soon – but in Switzerland, where it reigned as recently as 1996, an immiment vote is raising the future of the shiny metal all over again -
Move suggests authorities are closer to filing criminal charges in long-running investigation into whether banks have been colluding to move currency rates
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Suzanne McGee: The multimillionaire self-help guru gives investing advice in his new book, but anyone who listened to him in 2010 would be hurting financially now
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Consultants shrug at lack of ‘smoking gun’
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The 28-29 October meeting of the Federal Reserve board of governors gave the economy a clean bill of healthy, but noted market concern about Ebola
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In a rare phenomenon, the prices of completely unrelated commodities are falling. Is another global recession coming? Not quite
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This most recent gap between executive pay and taxes is part of an alarming trend reflecting a generous corporate tax code
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China takes a historic step in its embrace of western-style capitalism – just as its economy is slowing. ‘If even John Paulson can get hosed in China, what hope does the individual investor have?’ ask experts. Caveat emptor
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Like Mark Zuckerberg, these new CEOs tend to be socially aware and willing to write big checks for welfare programs. But don’t look to them to end elitism
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Is financial expertise overrated? A new study from the ‘Yelp of investing’ shows that finance professionals make less money in the stock markets than people in other industries – perhaps because banking experts know it pays to be wary
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Editorial: Three countries have caught five institutions with their hands in the till. Banking is rotten to the core, but flattering pre-crisis ideas about its role have proved remarkably hard to shift
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Regulators in US and UK mete out record fines after finding a ‘free for all culture’ on currency trading floors at RBS, HSBC, Citibank, JP Morgan and UBS
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Money brings out the insecurity in everyone. But here’s the good news: you can defeat it
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Oil prices are falling! Oil prices are falling! But don’t run into that bunker just yet, writes Suzanne McGee
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‘Depression babies’ must not run away from investing in stocks because it is their safest long-term bet, says Patrick O’Shaughnessy, the author of Millennial Money
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In California, fracking is taking the water that farmers need – and it’s no anomaly. There is a water conflict looming between industry and agriculture
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The US stock market gets all the attention and all the talking heads. But the bond market is where the real fortunes are made and where the action is
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Ebola is a growing crisis, and companies are profiting by producing safety gear and pharmaceuticals. But if you buy their stocks, are you a good person or a bad one, asks Olga Oksman
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The stock market keeps hitting record highs. But be cautious: things are probably going to change