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In early European trading, Britain's FTSE 100 was nearly flat at 6,562.83. France's CAC 40 was down 0.1 percent at 4,131.75.

United States stocks edged higher on Monday, with the S&P 500 closing at a record high, as traders awaited more clues from the Federal Reserve on whether the US central bank would soon begin winding down its economic stimulus.

The Toronto stock market moved higher Monday as investors bought up battered gold and financial stocks that slipped last week in the wake of earnings reports from the big banks.

The nation's wealth rose 2.6 percent from July through September to $77.3 trillion, the Federal Reserve said Monday.

Stocks rose again Monday, as the market continued to cheer Friday's better-than-expected jobs report as well as some notable mergers.

Food distributor Sysco jumped $7.79, or 23 percent, to $41.15 after it announced an agreement to buy rival US Foods in an $8.2 billion acquisition.

An oil pump works at sunset March 7, 2013, in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain.

Most Asian share markets moved higher on Monday, energised by a potent cocktail of upbeat Chinese trade data, a weaker yen and a firm finish on Wall Street.

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday as signs of U.S. economic recovery offset concerns that the Federal Reserve may reduce its monetary stimulus this month.

Record sales of high-yield payment- in-kind bonds is triggering uneasiness among international regulators who are concerned investors may suffer losses when central banks tighten monetary policy.

While natural gas isn't the hot commodity it once was, it still has the potential to fuel a rise to the top for natural gas stocks in 2014.

Investors won't have to worry about what more good economic news means for the Federal Reserve this week.

A $10K investment in Qualys shares made on January 2nd of this year is worth $15,240.00 as of the market close on Friday December 6th, and $10K invested in Amazon shares for the same time period is worth just over $15K .

When the U.S. grew at a healthy pace, its citizens were buyers, fueling demand for the goods China and other nations produced.

Last week, we talked about gauging the market. This week, let's take a look at how you can use Value Line as a tool to find stocks you may want to buy when the timing is right.

The three co-managers of the Skyline Special Equities fund share decades of partnership and a passion for small-cap value investing.

North American stock markets closed sharply higher Friday as a stronger than expected U.S. employment report trumped worries that the Federal Reserve might start to cut back on stimulus sooner than expected.

A top Federal Reserve official, who has been one of the most ardent supporters of the U.S. central bank's bond-buying stimulus program, said he was open to curtailing the purchases this month, although he would prefer to wait.

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U.S. companies are sounding the alarm on fourth-quarter earnings, lowering profit estimates just as the stock market is poised to end its best year since 1998.