Dow’s Big Milestone The Dow just closed above 50,000 for the first time, because of course it did. A market surge – read: a whole lot of people buying stocks – propelled the Dow to this new record high. What’s

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South Korea’s Kospi Takes the Hit South Korea’s Kospi is leading the decline in Asia, and it’s no surprise why. The sell-off in US tech stocks has made its way across the ocean, and investors are getting nervous. Tech Stocks

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UBS Posts Big Profit Swiss bank UBS just reported its fourth-quarter earnings, and it’s a doozy: $1.2 billion in profit. That’s right, they made a cool billion – and change. Buyback Bonanza And if that’s not enough, they’re planning to

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Five Years On, Retail Investors Pack a Punch It’s been five years since the GameStop frenzy, and retail investors have become a force to be reckoned with. Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat, says they’re ‘difference-makers’ who can move

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Banks’ Big Sell-Off Wall Street banks are scrambling to sell billions of dollars of X loans, and they’re willing to take a hit to get rid of them. They’re hoping to sell the debt at around 90 to 95 cents

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