Stocks are chill as bonds freak out. Can this go on?
Will the jumpy action in bonds and currencies break the calm of the stock market?
MONEY (MSM)
Dow is a 'brick wall' waiting to collapse: Yamada
Top technician Louise Yamada tells why the divergence between the Dow transports and Dow industrials could signal a deep correction soon.
Hedge fund mogul Paulson gives Harvard record $400 million donation
Harvard University, which has educated many of the world’s wealthiest investors, is now getting its biggest single gift from one them: a $400 million donation from Wall Street hedge fund mogul John Paulson. The donation is the third record-sized gift Harvard has received from alumni since last year, and comes two years into the Ivy League school’s five-year campaign to raise $6.5 billion in donations.
Survey: US business hiring picks up in May to 201,000
U.S. companies stepped up hiring in May, a private survey found, evidence that employers remain confident in the economy even after it contracted at the start of the year. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday …
US trade deficit drops sharply to $40.9 billion in April
The U.S. trade deficit declined sharply in April as exports posted a modest gain and imports fell, raising hopes that trade will not be as big a drag on economic growth in the current quarter. The April …
Cramer: I want to party with this stock
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer is down to tango with this company.
U.S. May auto sales race to strongest pace in nearly decade
The U.S. auto industry remained on track for the best sales year in almost a decade as consumers bought cars and trucks at the fastest pace since early 2006.
Too big to succeed? Investors want "radical surgery" at HSBC
No longer feared as “too big to fail”, shareholders are weighing whether HSBC is now “too big to succeed”, and want to know next week how the bank’s bosses propose to increase profitability at a sprawling group beset by huge costs. Investors believe CEO Stuart Gulliver and Chairman Douglas Flint need to announce bold moves to restore the London-based bank’s flagging fortunes at a strategy day on June 9. “This
Google's diversity push, Ford sales dip while GM and Chrysler gain
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Pipe dream: Why US oil will never go it alone
American energy independence is an enormous red herring, no matter how much the shale hawks and politicians want it to be true.