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Citigroup Inc. shares are still struggling to keep up with the bank's peers, trading at a discount to tangible book value five years after the financial crisis.

Money is flowing once again into muni-bond mutual funds, a turnaround from last year's exodus.

A surging stock market and rebounding home prices boosted Americans' wealth to a record in the final three months of last year, though both trends have slowed so far in 2014.

The S&P 500 hit another record, despite the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq also were higher.

A surging stock market and rebounding home prices boosted Americans' wealth to a record in the final three months of last year, though both trends have slowed so far in 2014.

Specialist Peter Giacchi, right, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, March 5, 2014.

The S&P 500 finished almost flat on Wednesday, a day after closing at an all-time high, as investors shrugged off soft data on jobs and the services sector while keeping an eye on developments in Ukraine.

U.S. stock futures were edging higher Thursday morning, just days after a Ukraine-Russia military standoff threatened to derail the bull market.

Russian soldiers guard a peer where two Ukrainian naval vessels are moored, in Sevastopol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.

A U.S. Federal Reserve policymaker who has long criticized its bond-buying stimulus said on Wednesday the program has lasted too long, and there are signs it is now distorting financial markets and encouraging risk-taking.

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The dollar will easily outperform other major currencies in the coming year, according to foreign exchange strategists polled by Reuters, driven by demand for U.S. assets prompted by a shift in Federal Reserve policy.

Stocks were little changed Wednesday after a survey showed that U.S. companies added slightly more jobs in February than in the previous month.

Here's a twist in the government's recent crackdown on insider selling: One of the main regulators tasked with policing the illegal practice may be instructing its employees to do just that.

Asian stocks jumped and the safe-haven yen licked its wounds after a sharp tumble on Wednesday, following remarks from Russian President Vladimir Putin that allayed fears of an imminent military conflict in Ukraine, and revived investor risk appetite.

Pimco's Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, said Tuesday that risk assets such as stocks and high-yield bonds will outperform this year if the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks can convince investors that easy money policies are stimulating growth.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 227 points, or 1.4 percent, to close at 16,395.

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In this Monday, March 3, 2014, file photo, trader Craig Spector works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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