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For years, U.S. stocks have been a primary driver of global equity market gains, posting far stronger results than the rest of the world. That may be about to change.

For years, U.S. stocks have been a primary driver of global equity market gains, posting far stronger results than the rest of the world. That may be about to change.

‘Sometimes good investments are not the exciting ones,’ says Guinness Atkinson’s Matthew Page. By Phil van Doorn.

‘Sometimes good investments are not the exciting ones,’ says Guinness Atkinson’s Matthew Page. By Phil van Doorn.

‘Sometimes good investments are not the exciting ones,’ says Guinness Atkinson’s Matthew Page. By Phil van Doorn.

The industry’s profit margins are shrinking, so higher sales can’t even help, writes Phil van Doorn.

New research shows benefits to aggressively paying down debts of $15,000 or less, but the evidence is much less clear for borrowers with bigger balances

Cities must have less cars on their streets to ease congestion and free up alternative forms of transportation, Ford’s Europe president will say at a Future of the Car conference Wednesday.

Cities must have less cars on their streets to ease congestion and free up alternative forms of transportation, Ford’s Europe president will say at a Future of the Car conference Wednesday.

Experts caution that patients should still regularly refill their prescriptions.

Oil prices fell back below $46 a barrel on Tuesday, giving up the bulk of the gains they scored the past two sessions. In a monthly report, the Energy Information Administration raised its forecast for U.S. crude production this year and next, and cut its 2017 price outlook for Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude. That put pressure on prices as traders weighed the chances of an extension to the OPEC-led production cuts. June WTI crude fell 55 cents, or 1.2%, to settle at $45.88 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Читать дальше...

Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said Tuesday GSE reform could lead to a potential shock for the commercial real-estate market.

The investment industry has a little secret: “Luck matters a lot more than you think.”

Gold prices dropped Tuesday to their lowest finish in about eight weeks. Strength in the U.S. dollar pressured prices for the metal, which is traded in the greenback. Growing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its meeting next month also contributed to weakness for gold prices. June gold fell $11, or 0.9%, to settle at $1,216.10 an ounce. That was the lowest finish since March 15, according to FactSet data.

The investment industry has a little secret: “Luck matters a lot more than you think.”

The largest exchange-traded fund to track the South Korean equity market jumps to its highest level in more than two years following the country’s presidential election.

Eight Democratic senators called Tuesday for regulators to probe potential insider trading by billionaire investor Carl Icahn in the market for renewable fuel credits. In a letter to the heads of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency, senators including Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren said they had no way of knowing if Icahn made certain trades based on non-public information, "but the publicly available evidence is troubling." In addition to Warren... Читать дальше...

A tweet about chicken nuggets has now surpassed a celebrity-filled tweet from the Oscars to become the most-retweeted of all time.

Internet radio and music streaming company Pandora Media Inc. said on Monday it has sealed a $150 million investment from private-equity firm KKR, but will first explore strategic alternatives.

Shares of Pandora Media Inc. bounced sharply off earlier lows, after CNBC reported, citing sources, that the music streaming company was "confident" that it would sell itself in the next 30 days. The stock was down as much as 9.5% at an intraday low of $9.41 earlier in the session, then traded as high as $10.39--down just 0.1%--after the CNBC report. The company was not immediately available for comment. Earlier, the stock had declined after the company announced an agreement to receive a $150... Читать дальше...

Snapchats are no longer as ephemeral as before. Snap Inc. unveiled an "infinity" setting to its app in which videos or photos can be viewed for as long as the user desires, instead of the previous 10 second maximum. The option will be available in the app for the Snap creator. Snap also added a looping feature, which allows the video creators to loop the video, repeating it, until the viewer closes it or moves on to the next part of the Snap story. Shares of Snap were up 2% midday Tuesday. Snap reports first-quarter earnings Wednesday. Читать дальше...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration raised its forecast on 2017 U.S. crude-oil production and lowered its price outlook, according to the agency's monthly Short-term Energy Outlook report released Tuesday. The EIA forecast U.S. crude production at an average 9.31 million barrels per day in 2017, up 1% from the previous forecast. It sees 2018 output at 9.96 million barrels a day, up 0.6% from the previous forecast. The EIA cut its 2017 crude-price forecast by 3%, with West Texas Intermediate crude seen at an average $50.68 a barrel... Читать дальше...

Pandora Media shares rebound on CNBC report about confidence in deal

While the best-performing actively managed funds are worth the higher fees they charge, Morningstar says it is too hard to identify them ahead of time, so just stick to cheaper passive investing

Meal kit delivery service HelloFresh has launched HelloFresh Wine, a monthly subscription service for $89 plus tax per month. Packages come with six full-size 750 milliliter bottles that correspond to the recipes for the month, and HelloFresh will provide pairing suggestions and other information. Sequential Brands Group Inc. announced last month that the Martha Stewart brand, through a partnership with Drinks, would launch an online wine shop. Martha Stewart has also partnered with Marley Spoon Inc. Читать дальше...