Five Unusual Alternatives to Investing in Gold
As gold prices have fallen, many investors have begun to actively seek alternatives from among the many possible choices available today. These are five unusual alternatives investments to gold.
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Newest first · Page 456All 50 States Have Gas Prices Over $3
In a sign that gasoline prices may not take a predicted dip, the cost of a gallon of regular has moved above $3 in all 50 states, even the ones near refineries and large…
Could California Drought Hurt U.S. Economy?
California has come back from the Great Recession, buoyed by the rise of new technology companies and a modest recovery of its agricultural industry. Now a drought could set back much of the recovery…
AT&T Announces “Best Ever” Data Price Plan for Wireless
Wikimedia CommonsThe price war among cellular service providers in the United States has heated up again. Pressured, perhaps, by the incredibly low pricing offered by T-Mobile US Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS), which is trying to…
Retail Wrecks: Amazon to J.C. Penney
ThinkstockNow that the holiday season is over, one thing is crystal clear. Fourth-quarter results are just in and revenue fell for most of the retailers. It was the rare company that did well in…
GM, Union Agree: No Layoffs at Opel Through 2018
courtesy of General MotorsNew General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) CEO Mary Barra traveled last week to Rüsselsheim, Germany, on her first trip as the company’s new chief and committed the company to sticking with…
Four Stocks That Refuse to Sell Off With the Stock Market
Jon OggIf the January Barometer is any guide, stocks could be in for a rough 2014. The 2013 gain of over 29% in the S&P 500 and the gain of over 26% in the…
Keystone XL: Back From the Dead?
U.S. State DepartmentFriday’s release of the final supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Keystone XL pipeline really contained no surprises. The U.S. State Department had issued a draft report last March and the…
Nine Stocks That Could Double in 2014
ThinkstockPlease note that this article has been updated to account for deletions and updates on the list of stocks that could double. The bull market run in 2013 was so strong that many analysts…
CytRx Flushed Its Shareholders, Even If It Needed the Capital
CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ: CYTR) saw its shares get punished on Friday for a secondary offering. Frankly, the pricing of the deal was such that it punished every single shareholder who was buying into the…
Netflix Rating Upped at Moody’s
courtesy of Netflix Inc.Moody’s gave some confirmation that the debacles that plagued Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) in late 2012 and crippled its share price are well behind the company. Its relationship with customers has…
The 4 Stocks That Dominated the Market on Friday
thinkstockJanuary 31, 2014: Markets opened lower on Friday following a report on eurozone inflation that indicated that the monetary union’s recovery remains weak. Added to that were worries about emerging markets that have been…
State Department Releases Keystone XL Review; Not a Decision
ThinkstockThe wait has been long, and still there is no resolution. On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Department of State released its supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) related to the Keystone XL pipeline project proposed by TransCanada…
America’s Fastest Growing (and Shrinking) Economies
ThinkstockIt’s been a slow recovery, but according to a recent report, U.S. economic growth is expected to pick up in the coming years. The nation’s economy grew by 1.9% in 2013. This year, the…
Natural Gas, Crude Oil Prices Continue Slide
ThinkstockWorries about emerging markets have weighed on equities again Friday, and those same worries are tamping down prices for crude oil and natural gas. WTI crude is down about 0.5% at midday following a…