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There are many reasons to be bullish on Wall Street these days. The stock market has had a great run, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 25% since early October. The tech-heavy NASDAQ, led by bellwether Apple, has risen over 30% in that same …

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently wrapped up a two-day testimony before Congress, where he defended the Fed’s actions since the financial crisis and gave his assessment of the tepid economic recovery. There’s a reason why Time Magazine named Bernanke Person of the Year in …

Over the past three years, the European sovereign debt crisis has twisted and turned multiple times. The ongoing saga has been closely watched by financial markets around the globe, as European leaders work together (hesitantly) to fix its problems. Everyone has become an expert on …

Warren Buffet finds himself in the news often these days. He may be 81 and reside in the relative silence of the Midwest, but Mr. Buffet is still going strong and is becoming ever more outspoken. He has become the Obama Administration’s strongest proponent on …

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that along with stocks, the high yield bond market suffered an intense bout of volatility during the month of August.  Like fearful U.S. equity investors, high yield (HY) investors have been lowering asset class exposure due to recent U.S. …