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The global macro picture is looking a little rosier despite weak economic data last week. The U.S. economy is not super robust, but the latest data suggest it does continue to expand, as...

We have talked a lot in recent months about the panorama of technology innovation, but in our lifetimes there have been very few truly revolutionary technology developments. The standard is...

Economists and investors are dying to know what consumers are doing with their gasoline savings windfall. Will they save it, invest it, or upgrade their mobile phones? To answer this...

Tech earnings have been in focus over the past week, and the results have not been exactly electric. On the positive side, Twitter (TWTR) surged 16.4 percent on a top- and bottom-line beat and...

Yesterday, Martin told you about the most powerful and potentially most profitable supertrend of 2015 — mobile chat apps. Today, I’d like to share with you what might be the next trend in...

Since Dec. 30, every single session has featured a move in the S&P 500 of greater than 1 percent, according to Jason Goepfert of Sundial Capital. That includes any session when the day’s high is...

Global volatility shifted into overdrive Thursday following a surprise decision by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to scrap its minimum exchange rate. The development led to massive moves in...

The pileup of stocks in the first two weeks of 2015 has furrowed a lot of brows but it should not be much of a mystery. Fund managers are selling stuff that had worked last year, like utilities...

With the increased volatility as of late, it is easy to get caught up in the minutia of the daily market machinations. Yet be sure to set aside time for finding and studying new public companies...