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Market Snapshot: S&P 500, Dow And Nasdaq Close At Record Highs, Notch Fourth Straight Week Of Gains

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The U.S. stock-market set intraday and closing records Friday, after steady U.S. economy data and positive tones on trad... Read more

Market Extra: This Yield-curve Measure Touches Its Steepest Level This Year, As Bond Market Takes Heart In Economy Again

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The steeper yield curve reflects the bond-market’s growing optimism that an economic downturn has been averted. Read more

The Hottest Housing Markets Of 2020 Are Far From The Coasts

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Home buyers next year are expected to flock to smaller, more affordable cities, according to Realtor.com. Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Prices Skid 1% Lower After U.S. Jobs Report Shows 266,000 Jobs Created In November

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Gold futures are sharply lower on Friday after a U.S. report on November employment came in better-than-expected, with g... Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Edges Lower After Fall In U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims

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Gold futures edge lower Thursday after a fall in weekly U.S. jobless claims underpinned support for stocks and other ris... Read more

Bond Report: U.S. Government Bond Yields Extend Recent Climb After Jobless-claims Report

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U.S. Treasury yields climbed Thursday morning after a report on jobless claims came in better-than-expected, reflecting ... Read more

Bond Report: Treasury Yields Come Off Lows On Upbeat U.S. Economic Data

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U.S. Treasury yields came off session lows on Friday after purchasing managers’ surveys show a steady upturn in activi... Read more

Market Snapshot: Dow, S&P 500 Close Lower For Third Consecutive Day Amid Anxiety Over Trade

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U.S. stocks closed slightly lower Thursday as investors digested mixed headlines on the progress of U.S. - China trade t... Read more

One Year After Amazons HQ2 Announcement, Heres What Happened To House Prices In Northern Virginia

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After Amazon pulled out of its planned Long Island City location, home prices in New York dropped. Read more

Three Charts, One Bear: Heres A Second Opinion On Markets And The Economy

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A long-time Wall Street analyst who often sees the economic picture as a glass-half-full story has a compelling story to... Read more

The Fed: Feds Bullard: Sharper-than-expected Economic Slowdown Is Key Risk

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St Louis Fed President James Bullard said Thursday that the key risk facing the economy is that the slowdown may be shar... Read more

Market Extra: Heres Why Inflation No Longer Drives The Bond-market

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Don’t expect the inflation bugaboo to scare away the bond-market bulls, say some market participants Read more

Economic Preview: Consumerist Society? Thats Whats Keeping The U.S. Economy Out Of Recession

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Like a stiff tent pole, consumers are keeping the U.S. economy propped up. And it looks like they’ll have to do so for... Read more

Outside The Box: Heres Why Home Prices Keep Going Up — And What We Can Do About It

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Mortgage lenders must find innovative, affordable ways to help buyers, writes Sanjiv Das. Read more

FA Center: This Little-known Recession Indicator Is Now Sending Investors And Consumers A Warning

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Two gauges of U.S. economic health are telling different stories — and that’s troubling, writes Mark Hulbert. Read more

Private-equity Deals Depress Worker Wages, Study Finds

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Private-equity deals result in workers seeing worse pay, and depending on whether the buyout target was public or not, l... Read more

Outside The Box: This Tax Break For First-time Home Buyers Could Keep The Housing Market Afloat

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Federal tax relief for new homeowners would help millennials and support prices, writes Sanjiv Das. Read more

Market Extra: Heres Why European Leaders May Let An Economic Slowdown Morph Into A Serious Crisis

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The eurozone slump is worsening, monetary policy is at the end of the road, but politics is an obstacle to the needed fi... Read more

Market Extra: Dow, S&P 500 Mark Worst Start To A Quarter Since 2008 Financial Crisis As Recession Fears Accelerate

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U.S. equity markets on Wednesday are ensnared in a two-day tailspin that has pushed the benchmark indexes to one of the ... Read more