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At 8am Facebook will officially start trading. The IPO price was raised to $38 per share. The IPO is overshadowing news that credit rating agency Fitch downgraded 16 Spanish banks yesterday.
For 14 or the last 15 trading days the S & P 500 has traded down. This morning it looks like we [...]

Doom and gloom continue to permeate the markets as we are now approaching official correction territory. Europe and the continued woes of bad trades at JP Morgan Chase are the darkest clouds on the investment horizon.
The RealtyTrac Report shows foreclosure filings fell to a five-year low. The 188,780 notices filed last month [...]

U.S.stock-indexes opened higher this morning on Wall Street, with investors looking past worries aboutGreece’s politics and finances.  We got some good news from the housing market and better-than-expected industrial production numbers.
The S&P 500 is 5 points higher.
The NASDAQ is 7 points higher.
The yield on the 10 year Treasury Bond is 1.81%.
Gold is down over 1% [...]

U.S.stocks are mixed this morning after investors received some encouraging news about the German economy.  Investors also got reports thatUSretail sales rose a better than expected .10% in April andUSconsumer prices were flat in April on lower gas prices.
The S&P 500 is unchanged.
The NASDAQ is 7 points higher.
The Euro vs the US Dollar stands at [...]

If you missed volatility during the first quarter of 2012, you have been happy with the start of the second quarter. However if you are like most investors, the return of volatility may be testing your resolve and patience. In this audio e-news, Tyler and Troy take on these issues. They share with you why they [...]

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US Stock indexes are lower this Monday morning, tracking global equity markets lower as a political impasse in Greece heightened concerns about Europe’s debt crisis and fears mounted about an economic slowdown in China.
The S&P 500 is 13 points lower.
The NASDAQ is off 24 points or 1%.
Overnight inAsiaequity markets sold off.
And inEuropetheir stock indexes are [...]