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Wall Street slides to end rough week

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted their largest weekly drops since March on Friday. Photo: APThe S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted their largest weekly drops since March on Friday as slowing global growth dragged commodity-related stocks lower while an earnings-fueled drop in Biogen took down the biotech sector.Biogen more than halved its revenue growth forecast for 2015 and its stock […]

A surprising country has the best-performing global stock market in …

Mike Bird

Feb. 23, 2015, 8:21 AM
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It’s something that sounds pretty odd to most people who follow financial and international news: Russia’s stock market is the best performing in the world so far this year.It’s up by 28%, dwarfing the European equities rally (the major French, Italian and German indices are all up by more than 10%), and eclipsing the S&P […]

Stock Market Ownership – Business Insider

Sam Ro

Jan. 9, 2015, 10:24 AM
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Households represent the largest owner of the $23 trillion US stock market. But they represent a shrinking share.And believe it or not, hedge funds do not run the stock market.  In fact, they own only 4% of the market.Here’s a chart from Goldman Sachs’ Amanda Sneider breaking down the ownership mix since the 1945:Goldman Sachs

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