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Will first quarter earnings back up Wall Street's optimism?

by Aaron Schrank
Apr 7, 2017
The first quarter of the fiscal year ended in March, and over the next few weeks, many companies will report earnings for the first time since Donald Trump was elected president. The stock market has surged since then. But will the hard data back up all that optimism?  Click the audio player above to hear […]
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Spotify’s non-IPO: What’s a ‘direct listing’ anyway?

by Reema Khrais
Apr 6, 2017
Here’s why the music streaming service is considering a method of going public that’s quite rare.
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Amid turmoil in Washington, it’s full speed ahead on Wall Street

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 16, 2017
There was a time when a North Korean missile launch, a Russian spy boat, a resigned national security adviser and a couple of disastrously rolled out executive orders might have been very bad news for Wall Street and stock prices.
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What economists can learn from English majors

by Kai Ryssdal and Robert Garrova
Feb 13, 2017
Robert Shiller, Yale economics professor and Nobel laureate, explains why stories are powerful when it comes to the economy.
Robert Shiller says economists should pay more attention to narratives to help them explain why economic events happen.
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What would Dow 20,000 actually mean?

by Mark Garrison
Dec 28, 2016
Not much.
A trader wearing a 'Dow 20,000' hat works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), December 20, 2016 in New York City.
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Why should you care when the Fed hikes its benchmark interest rate?

by Mark Garrison
Dec 14, 2016
A quarter-percent actually means a lot, and it's just the beginning.
Traders in the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index options pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) react to the Federal Reserve's statement that it would increase its benchmark interest rate December 14, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. The much-anticipated decision will move the Feds benchmark rate to a range between 0.5 percent and 0.75 percent.
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Looking for a new investment? Check your shoe closet

by Cerise Castle
Sep 2, 2016
StockX is the world's first sneaker stock market.
Shoes like the Nike Air Yeezy 2 can be found on the new sneaker stock market...for thousands of dollars.
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Big three stock indexes all had record day

by Jed Kim
Aug 12, 2016
Remember where you were last time it happened? Hint: possibly cowering over Y2K bug.
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The Price of Profits

Forrest Full of Shares

by Marketplace Staff
Jun 15, 2016
What's a share? Well, Paddy Hirsch's mom used to say they were like a box of chocolates...
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Why Facebook created a new kind of stock

by Tracey Samuelson
Apr 28, 2016
The company's new C class shares means more control, and it's not the only company to use a tiered system.
Facebook will create a new class of share to sell to investors shares that don't give investors voting power. 
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