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Taking stock of the lost decade
US stocks were the worst asset class over the past decade with an abysmal 0.1% 10-year annualised total return, the worst performance in 200 years. US stocks provided lower returns than cash while emerging market stocks returned over 10% and commodities over 7%.
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Stocks edge higher as shoppers step up spending
Better holiday sales and rising commodities prices pushed stocks to their sixth straight gain and new highs for 2009. Major indexes edged higher in light trading Monday after sales figures showed shoppers spent more freely this holiday season, a sign that… Investing – Business – Commodity – Stock – United States
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ONGC to Lend $857 Million to Unit for Myanmar Project (Update1)
Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — Oil & Natural Gas Corp. , India’s biggest explorer, will lend 40 billion rupees ($857 million) to its overseas unit investing in a gas field off Myanmar’s coast and a pipeline to carry the fuel to China.
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Employees seek second jobs amid economic woes
Roberto Cosentino considers holding one job as risky as investing in a single stock. He has three.
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Most Profitable CEOs Get Smallest Gains in S&P 500 (Update2)
Brown-Forman Corp.’s Paul Varga and Johnson & Johnson’s William Weldon are among chief executive officers left behind in the 2009 stock-market rebound even after they created the most value for their companies.
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How the major stock indexes fared on Thursday
Stocks ended a holiday-shortened session Thursday at new highs for the year following upbeat reports on unemployment and durable goods orders. A weaker dollar also helped buoy the market, lifting energy and materials stocks. Christmas Eve trading was… Business – Stock market index – Investing – Stocks and Bonds – Christmas
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MUTUAL FUNDS: Tech investing will be a tougher play in 2010
Mutual funds that bet exclusively on technology stocks are the star performers of 2009.
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The Week’s Top 10 Videos On MarketWatch
In case you missed them, here are the top 10 videos that appeared on MarketWatch for the week of Dec. 21-25:Tips for stock investing in 2010Conrad Herrmann, director of equity portfolio management at…
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The Gospel truth about investing?
BOSTON — A Hummer, a 1957 hot rod, a comfortable house in a gated community — if Bob Vigliotti wanted something, he bought it. Cash or credit didn’t matter. As a successful commercial real estate developer from Naples, Fla.
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On Investing: Resolve to invest more, spend less
As I write this, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is currently at 10,478. Reflecting back on what has been quite an interesting year, the intra-day low of the DJIA in the last 52 weeks occurred on March 6, 2009 when it hit 6,469.95.
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