All posts tagged "stocks"

  • Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Stocks are opening lower as investors fret about signs of belligerence in North Korea and more weakening of China's economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Don’t get suckered: Last year’s fund winners often go bad

    NEW YORK (AP) — It’s tempting to look at which mutual funds did best in 2015 and just invest in those. Winners win, right? Not in the investing world. It’s tough for funds to stay on top,...

    • Posted January 12, 2016
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  • A Chinese stock investor monitors stock prices at a brokerage house in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu province Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. China plans to restrict stock sales by large shareholders once a ban imposed in July to stop a slide in prices is lifted this week. (Chinatopix via AP)
    World could face months of Chinese market aftershocks

    BEIJING (AP) — The latest trigger was currency jitters, but Thursday’s plunge in Chinese stocks was just one in a series of aftershocks from last year’s boom and bust that could shake markets for months to come....

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Stocks are opening lower as investors fret about signs of belligerence in North Korea and more weakening of China's economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    US stocks sink on new China worries, North Korean bomb claim

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks took their second big loss of the week Wednesday on more signs of weakness from China’s economy. Oil prices again fell sharply, nearing their lowest level in 12 years. Energy stocks...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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    Seoul, China, Tokyo stocks plunge

    By Choi Kyong-ae Korean, Chinese and Japanese stocks fell sharply across the board Monday on growing concerns about the economic slowdown in China and weakening oil prices amid escalating regional conflict in the Middle East, analysts said....

    • Posted January 4, 2016
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  • Guests watch an electronic stock board showing the first day trading of the year figures during a ceremony marking the start of this year's trading in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
    Asia stocks start 2016 on weak note as Middle East weighs

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets started 2016 on a weak note Monday as poor manufacturing data from the world’s second-largest economy and escalating tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment. KEEPING SCORE:...

    • Posted January 3, 2016
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  • South Korea's main bourse closed 5 points down at 1,961.31 on Dec. 30, 2015, the last trading day of the year. South Korea's stock market gained 2.39 percent compared to the end of 2014, while the secondary market KOSDAQ leaped 25.67 percent over the year. (Yonhap)
    [BARRON'S] Why South Korean Stocks Are a Buy in 2016

    South Korea’s stock market may be overshadowed by its North Asian neighbors China and Japan, but the combination of cheap valuations, improving earnings and the embrace of more shareholder friendly policies means it should be on...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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    2015 market winners, losers: Tech soars, old guard stumbles

    NEW YORK (AP) — In a flat year overall for stocks, there was still plenty of excitement to be enjoyed — or endured — by 2015′s biggest winners and losers. It was a year to make old...

    • Posted December 31, 2015
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