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Commodities: Uncertain Futures
Commodity indexes are pulling in triple-digit returns. But the slight differences in performance offer clues to their potential volatility
Stocks Finish Mixed, with Techs Lagging
Disappointing results arrived from Merrill Lynch, Google, and Microsoft, but Citigroup and IBM topped expectations
Food Companies: Recipes for Tough Times
Faced with rising costs and pickier customers, processed foodmakers find ways to boost their products' appeal—and make price hikes stick
More Misery for Merrill Lynch
The Wall Street giant reports a worse-than-expected $4.7 billion quarterly loss on $9.4 billion in writedowns
Stocks: Top Scores in Quality and Value
S&P's latest list finds seven names that earn the highest rankings under its measures of fair value and 10-year earnings and dividend growth
Vital Signs: Earnings Winners and Losers
On deck: leading indicators, home prices, home sales, durable goods orders, and a ton of earnings reports
Stocks & Markets
S&P Picks and Pans: Microsoft, Citigroup, Google, Merrill Lynch, IBM
Analyst Actions: Google, Overstock.com, Gilead Sciences
Movers: Citigroup, Google, Barr Labs, Microsoft, Merrill Lynch
Stocks: The Dividend Defense
Marcial: Making the Best of a Bad Market
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Finding Strong Stocks in a Sickly Market
Wells Fargo's Surprising Strength
What's Hurting Tech Stocks
Waste Management: Trashing a Merger?
Economy
Inflation, Industrial Data: A Mixed Bag
Britain Appears Recession-Bound
U.S. Job Losses Mount in June
The ECB Pulls the Rate-Hike Trigger
The Fed: Living in a Fairy-tale World?
The Great Inflation Debate
2008 Election: On The Issues
Retirement
Retirement: Coping in Tough Times
Ruined by 401(k) Predators
Don't Let the Rules Overtax Your Retirement
Safeguard Your Retirement in Hard Times
A New Way to Manage Retirement Funds
Investing Survival Guide
Personal Finance
Hedging Heating Bills Just Got Harder
Playing Politics with Your Portfolio
Tips for Homeowners on the Brink
The World According to 'The Bear'
How to Bet on Oil—Whether Bull or Bear
Stashing Cash at Higher Rates
Auction-Rate Securities: How to Get Unstuck
An Investor's Guide to Inflation
Scoring a Private College Loan
Election 2008: The Pocketbook Issues
What’s Your Problem?
IN YOUR FACE: WAL-MART GETS A FACELIFT
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Inside Wall Street: Gene Marcial
Sempra Keeps the Power On
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Technical Market Insight: Mark Arbeter
The Market Needs More Fear
S&P's Mark Arbeter says there has not been enough panic in the market for major indexes to trace out a strong bottom
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