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Exchange-traded funds entering new phase of growth
BOSTON (AP) - The headlines about exchange-traded funds suggest there are no limits to the growth of these low-cost, easily traded alternatives to mutual funds. Among the recent developments: ETFs have attracted at least $100 billion in new cash ...
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Stocks climb as traders shrug off economic reports
Tepid economic growth also keeps interest rates low, which encourages investors to buy dividend-paying stocks instead. More than four out of every 10 companies in the S&P 500 pay a higher yield in dividends than U.S. government bonds pay in ...
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Foreign holdings of US Treasury debt up in March
U.S. Treasurys are in demand with foreign buyers just as the U.S. government's financial picture is improving. The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday projected that the annual federal deficit will be just $643 billion when the budget year ...
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Stock market rises back into record territory
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market marched back into record territory Tuesday as investors seized on the latest encouraging news about the economy. This time, it was a report on the health of small businesses. Small business owners were slightly ...
money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20130514&id=16476227

Is the market about to go bust?
(That's a good thing, by the way.) But as long as the world's central ... is still more than $11 below its initial public offering price of $38. To get a 2000- or 2007-style bust, we'd need to see central banks go from net providers of cash -- rally ...
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Stock market rally pauses on Monday
Signs that the housing market is reviving are also supporting stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard and Poor's 500 index both closed at record highs Friday. Retail sales increased 0.1 percent in April from March, the Commerce ...
money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20130513&id=16470682