Wall Street faces Fed meeting with momentum (AFP)
AFP – Wall Street stocks are set to build on nearly year-and-a-half highs as they face next week’s key economic reports and the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting.
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A Fresh Look at Socially Responsible Mutual Funds (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – Most socially responsible mutual funds are born of a desire to help the environment, slow the spread of violence, or boycott certain practices. Parnassus Workplace (PARWX), on the other hand, sprang from between the covers of Fortune magazine.
The Best Mutual Funds for 2010 (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – In the financial turmoil of the past decade, mutual fund investing has gotten decidedly more complicated. After all, over the course of just 10 years, investors have looked on as two bear markets ravished the economy, as a pair of bull markets jolted stocks back to life, and as the Internet and housing bubbles inflated to their breaking points and then burst.
Dow closes below 10000 for first time in three months (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – The Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped below 10000 for the first time since early November.
Colts Super Bowl win more bullish for stocks: study (Reuters)
Reuters – An Indianapolis Colts win in Sunday’s Super Bowl could imply higher stock market returns than a victory by the New Orleans Saints, according to a tongue-in-cheek analysis of the biggest football game of the year.
