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A day before the open enrollment deadline for private health coverage under Obamacare, some consumers were unable to submit applications because of "intermittent issues" with income verification, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department said on Saturday. It said in a statement that it had worked with the …

The owner of Center Parcs, one of the UK's biggest privately owned leisure companies, has hired investment banks to prepare a £2.5bn stock market listing. Sky News has learnt that Blackstone (NYSE: BX – news) , the company's owner, picked Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley (Xetra: 885836 – …

Holy cow, look at those indexes go! ; With the NYSE finally above our Must Hold line at 11,000 – it may be time to give up on our bearish positions and just "go with the flow" BUT we still have S&P 1,100 and Nasdaq 5,000 to punch through and THEN we…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose slightly this week after four straight weeks of declines, while remaining near historically low levels.

Powell: Changes coming to target-date mutual fundsUSA TODAYThe more things change in the world of employer-sponsored retirement plans, the less they remain the same. And that's especially so when it comes to one of the most popular investment options in many 401(k) plans – the target-date …

Janus Capital Group Inc.’s chief executive confirms on an earnings call that new star manager Bill Gross has invested “more than $700 million” of his own money in his new mutual fund.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are FedEx, Jabil Circuit, and Red Hat.

Ever since QE started in 2008 there have been very rare incidences where we could say with some confidence that the current situation looked bullish or bearish. The lack of prices responding how they normally respond to certain situations has definitely made investing in a post-QE world for Trend Followers …

Libya’s oil fields and infrastructure have come under attack multiple times over much of the last two years, but events have recently taken a turn for the worse. Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported that a pipeline explosion on February 14 disrupted flows from a major oil field, threatening to further …

Oil prices have rebounded by $16 a barrel since the low point was reached at $45 a month ago, and investors are already wondering whether the worst is over for the energy sector. The bear market that started in 2011 has seen a peak-to-trough decline in overall commodity prices …

Which reports and statistics are being closely followed by the market?

Take it from football great Vince Lombardi.

Crude oil prices advanced to a two-month high while SPX 500 technical positioning hints a corrective pullback may be ahead.