Markets surged Friday afternoon, bringing the Dow near a record high at 15,354.40.

The S&P 500 closed up almost one percent, with the Nasdaq up slightly more than that.

The rise in stock prices this week can be largely attributed to the end of earnings season, job numbers, and positive information from

Stocks pulled back late on Thursday as bullish sentiment could not overcome disappointing economic reports. Initial jobless claims, housing starts and a reading of the Philadelphia Fed's Business Outlook Index all surprised to the downside.

Although it is far too early to predict a correction in the market, investors who have

Another stock market close, another new high for stocks. One observation: market distortions/contradictions are forming with the global zero-interest-rate policies and quantitative easing.

A late day push helped the U.S. stock market to another strong close on Wednesday. The Dow and S&P 500 finished the session at new all-time highs and all of the major averages recorded steady gains.

U.S. stocks have been on fire at the beginning of 2013 and the current

PIMCO’s CEO Mohamed A. El-Erian published an article on Barrons.com that discussed the PIMCO’s global investing outlook. To summarize:  Views for the next three-to-five years:  • In Europe, with the lack of a comprehensive resolution, the collapse of the single currency will remain conceivable though not a dominant probability. The more immediate threat is a [...]

The U.S. stock market notched another rally on Tuesday as momentum pushed the major averages to new year-to-date highs. Money flowed out of bonds and into equities as risk appetite remains brisk on Wall Street.

After recording a 1 percent gain on the session, the S&P 500 is up almost

Bond guru Bill Gross of PIMCO says interest rates are set to rise now that the "30-year bull market in bonds ended in April." But if you believe the gold market, the interest-rate cycle in fact turned higher two years ago. At least for the time being. Gold famously offers a natural hedge against inflation ravaging the other assets in your retirement fund or savings portfolio. It only acts as an inflation hedge when you need it, however. Because if bonds or cash in the bank are beating inflation all by themselves, there's less need for gold's precious scarcity.

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The major averages closed out Monday's trading session mixed despite retail sales data that showed consumer spending trended higher than expected last month.

The Dow recorded a small loss on the day while both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched very modest gains. Overall, the investing atmosphere remains very attractive

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It was another quiet day on Wall Street, but an afternoon rally pushed the U.S. stock market firmly into positive territory by the closing bell.

The leader on the day was the Nasdaq Composite while the Dow Jones Industrial Average only recorded a small gain. The U.S. dollar was also

zerohedge reported the CNBC’s interview with DoubleLine’s Jeff Gundlach. It summarized very well why bonds are not at the peak of their bubbles:  Adding to Gundlach’s view, we see four potential reasons that investors should not be ‘hoping’ for a bond selloff… 1) rates are low, and will stay low since The Feed needs to hold [...]

The U.S. stock market recorded small losses on Thursday despite a report which showed a drop in both initial jobless claims and continuing claims.

Volatility levels rose on the session as the market fell, but the VIX remains at historically low levels. In the currency markets, the yen and euro

The recent stock market rallies have only the Federal Reserve's monetary policy to thank, DoubleLine Capital's Jeff Gundlach says.

In a slow trading session on Wall Street, U.S. stocks recorded moderate gains after opening the day lower. The docket of economic reports is light this week and investors continue to focus on corporate earnings reports.

Among the day's leaders was Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM), which rose a

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The U.S. stock market was little changed on Monday in a light volume, slow news day.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded a small loss, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both rose modestly on the session. The S&P closed at a new all-time high to start the trading week.

The U.S. stock market jumped on Friday to end the trading week. The catalyst for the move higher was a strong jobs report, which briefly sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average over 15,000 for the first time in history.

Heading into next week, the markets will be sitting at new year-to-date