U.S. stocks have been on a roll of late, with the S&P 500 hitting the latest in a series of records on Thursday, and investors expect the index's momentum to soon carry it to - if not far past - the 2,000 milestone.
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Cyber ring stole secrets for gaming U.S. stock market: FireEye
Security researchers say they have uncovered a cyber espionage ring focused on stealing corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market, in an operation that has compromised sensitive data about dozens of publicly held companies.
Icahn expects major stocks correction in 3 to 5 years
Carl Icahn isn't forecasting a dramatic stock market drop quite yet but the billionaire investor is still bracing for a market sell-off in the next three to five years, he told Reuters on Monday.
Top investors stay loyal to big name corporate founders
For good stock market bets, some top investors can't be too bothered by details like corporate profits: instead, they pick companies run by their founders.
Unknown election outcome is stocks' big fear
A handful of toss-up U.S. Senate races next week could hold the key to whether the stock market glides through the year-end in a typical post-midterm election rally or gets hit with a fresh bout of volatility.
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U.S. stocks closed out their best year in more than 15 on Tuesday, rising modestly on a strong consumer confidence reading that kept 2013's upward bias intact to the end.
Asian markets took cheer on Tuesday after Wall Street rang up more records and upbeat U.S. spending data burnished the outlook for the global economy, with Japan's Nikkei hitting a 2013 high after Tokyo markets opened after a holiday.
For hedge funds that made money this year there was only one strategy that really mattered - latching onto the stockmarket rally.
A major index of world equities rose to near a six-year high on Friday, helped by gains in U.S. stocks, on faith in an improving global economy and support from central banks, while U.S. crude oil rebounded from recent declines.
RBI had increased its short term policy repo rate to 7.5% from 7.25%, a move which could have stock markets remain volatile.
After a three year prohibition on share trading, Warba Bank shares are now available for trading in the stock market.
Despite posting strong results, Facebook was not able to carry Zynga's stocks due to massive player loss.
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg increased his net worth after the company's stocks jumped yesterday.
Apple bought back three times more share than expected. Apple recently had a major share buyback spree. The company bought back 36 million shares instead of the scheduled 10 million.
