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Metals Stocks: Gold Advances Sharply As Syrian Tension Sparks Flight To Safety

Gold futures prices extended their rally Wednesday, buoyed by geopolitical tensions focused on Syria and elsewhere that ... Read more

Currencies: Dollar Lower, Haven Currencies In Favor As Global Stocks Struggle

Lingering trade-war back-and-forth, ripples of geopolitical instability and a White House under scrutiny injected cautio... Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Steady As Chinas Pledge On Foreign Access, Car Tariffs Lifts Riskier Assets

Gold investors dithered Tuesday, sending futures prices lower then higher in a slender intraday range, as global investo... Read more

Market Snapshot: Stock Market Set To Rally As Chinas Xi Soothes Trade Fears

U.S. stock-index futures pointed to a sharply higher open on Tuesday, comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested... Read more

Need To Know: Curbing Our Enthusiasm — Big Bank Takes A Knife To Its S&P 500 Target

Today isn’t looking that stormy for markets, as traders worldwide seem to like the Chinese president’s big speech. B... Read more

Mark Hulbert: These Two Trading Patterns Could Trigger The Long-awaited Stock Market Melt-up

Significant divergences and extreme investor pessimism are bullish, writes Mark Hulbert. Read more

Outside The Box: Times Up For Tech-bros To Get In Line With The #MeToo Movement

Workplace equality and safety is a CEO’s responsibility, writes Patric Palm. Read more

Key Words: If Active Mutual-fund Managers Are Ship Captains, Their Index Rivals Are NASA

“Index-fund managers are the underappreciated rock stars of finance,” observes indexing expert Dave Nadig. Read more

Asia Markets: Asian Markets Rise Following Xis Pledge To Open Chinese Markets

Asia-Pacific stocks started sluggishly Tuesday after late-day selling in the U.S. pared gains on Wall Street, but surged... Read more

Outside The Box: Facebooks Biggest Threat Is Coming From This Obvious Place

Facebook can fix trust and privacy issues only by looking at itself, writes Ann Skeet. Read more

BookWatch: What Facebook And Other Tech Leaders Must Do Now To Win Back Our Trust

Tech sector needs to focus on ethics and user privacy or face government regulation, writes Mark Penn. Read more

Citigroup Tells Marijuana Dispensary To Stop Poaching Its Name And Logo

The big bank told Citidank, a California pot business, to stop using its name and logo. Read more

Asia Markets: Asian Stocks Gain As Trade Tensions Ease

Asian stocks held up in early Monday trade as investors took a sanguine view on U.S.-China trade tensions. Read more

The Wall Street Journal: Wells Fargo Looks At Own Auto-lending Issues As Regulatory Pressure Builds

Wells Fargo has expanded a review of auto products and services it finances as part of an effort to get ahead of heighte... Read more