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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shaky Europe. Political gridlock. Volatile markets.
Familiar themes for those who lived through 2011, and investors should be ready to revisit them next year.
With a spiraling debt crisis in Europe, poli…

The 18th century author Oliver Wendell Holmes suggested not to put your trust in money, but your money in trust. What about gold and silver? Can you trust gold and silver to be the safe haven they’re supposed to be?2011 has been a turbulent year for p…

US stocks outperformed major markets across the globe in 2011 as the S&P 500 (SNP: ^GSPC – news) made it past the finish line Friday virtually unchanged after one of the most volatile years on record.With investors abandoning their longtime favo…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shaky Europe. Political gridlock. Volatile markets.
Familiar themes for those who lived through 2011, and investors should be ready to revisit them next year.
With a spiraling debt crisis in Europe, poli…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – For the U.S. stock market, 2011 was a long wild ride to nowhere.
The broad S&P 500 endured huge daily swings but a year of drama left the index almost where it started. It lost a mere 0.003 percent, closest to unc…

European stocks closed mixed Friday while the euro remained under pressure in thin pre-holiday trade, hitting a 10-year low against the yen over concerns about the eurozone crisis and another global downturn.The European single currency slumped to 99….

Asian markets mostly rose on the last trading day of the year Friday following another set of positive US economic data, but eurozone debt fears remain after a mixed debt sale by Italy.Tokyo rose 0.67 percent, or 56.46 points, to 8,455.35, its lowest …

Japanese shares opened higher Friday, the final session of the year, lifted by encouraging US economic data after Italy avoided disaster with its long-term bond auction.The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 0.35 percent or 29.72 points to …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, moving the S&P 500 back in positive territory for 2011 ahead of the last trading day of the year, on more positive signals on the U.S. economy.
The S&P 500 edged above its 200-…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, moving the S&P 500 back in positive territory for 2011 ahead of the last trading day of the year, on more positive signals on the U.S. economy.
The S&P 500 edged above its 200-…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied about 1 percent on Thursday as data signaled positive trends for the economy, but gold prices fell for a fourth consecutive session as investors constrained by tight liquidity resulting from the euro-zone debt c…

(Reuters) – U.S. stocks extended gains on Thursday, with the Dow rising slightly more than 1 percent, led by financial and industrial shares.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 124.88 points, or 1.03 percent, at 12,276.29. Th…

The euro slumped Thursday to the lowest dollar level in more than a year after Italy scraped through a bond auction, but stock markets took it in their stride and advanced on reassuring US jobs data.In afternoon trade, the European single currency tum…

Investors are more uncertain about the stock market’s future today than at any other time over the past six years. 38% of investors polled by the American Association for Individual Investors (AAII) are in the ‘neutral’ camp, a six-year high.Unfortuna…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday after a hefty year-end rally and the S&P 500 erased gains for the year on renewed concerns about the euro zone’s financial health.
The selloff followed the euro’s …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The euro weakened about 1 percent against the dollar and the yen on Wednesday, one day before an important auction of long-dated Italian debt, while U.S. stocks slid more than 1 percent on concerns about the economy in early 2012.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell 1 percent on Wednesday as renewed concerns about the euro zones prompted investors to sell equities after last week’s hefty year-end rally, wiping out the S&P 500′s gains for the year.
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European shares fell and the euro tumbled close to a one-year low against the dollar, as investors fretted over a crucial auction of long-term bonds by Italy on Thursday.While Italy paid sharply lower rates on Wednesday to raise 9.0 billion euros ($11…