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What is Operation Twist?

The Federal Reserve's action to keep long term rates down by buying up 10-year T-notes is often referred to as Operation Twist. Here's a helpful explanation of how it works, from Marketplace's Paddy Hirsch.

Outlook

What is Operation Twist?

by Interactive Advisors
Published July 3, 2012

Board drama has been a major distraction for the company, but it hasn’t slowed down its strong operating results.

Strategies

Why I remain bullish on Turkcell

by Charles Sizemore
Published July 3, 2012
Why I loaded up on Berkshire Hathaway shares in June

A 20% holding in Berkshire is not nearly as risky as an equally large holding in most other stocks would be.

Strategies

Why I loaded up on Berkshire Hathaway shares in June

by Patrick Larkin
Published July 2, 2012
Behind the breakthrough at the Greater China Fund

Greater China Fund’s board had failed to respond to the needs of value-minded shareholders last year.

Strategies

Behind the breakthrough at the Greater China Fund

by Dan Plettner
Published July 2, 2012
As markets calm, buy stocks and gold and sell bonds

With volatility at more reasonable levels, the market is no longer chaotic.

Strategies

As markets calm, buy stocks and gold and sell bonds

by Gary Harloff
Published July 2, 2012

Apple (AAPL) shares broke out to start the third quarter, possibly shifting sentiment to the upside.

Outlook

Apple’s chart makes a key move to start Q3

by Michael Tarsala
Published July 2, 2012

Reacting emotionally to the markets is one of three mistakes that investors continue to make, says Jeff Voudrie.

Outlook

Three mistakes that investors still make

by Michael Tarsala
Published July 2, 2012
The future of investment management

What investors really lack is a framework - a marketplace - to assess all products in the same way we do for some of the most important things in our lives today: jobs, doctors, even life partners.

Archive

The future of investment management

by Asheesh Advani
Published July 2, 2012
Arold: Hot retail stocks are rolling over

Momentum-stock favorites in the retail sector could roll over as we start Q3 2012, says Covestor manager Mike Arold.

Archive

Arold: Hot retail stocks are rolling over

by Michael Tarsala
Published July 2, 2012
apple store

Apple to $1000? Cody Willard at MarketWatch thinks so. But it's the two fundamental arguments he makes that offer more value than any price target.

Outlook

Why Apple shares could almost double

by Michael Tarsala
Published July 2, 2012

You gotta love stocks right now. What other asset class is there to love? At least that's the logic of Leon Cooperman, legendary value investor.

Outlook

Cooperman: Stocks are the ‘best house in the financial asset …

by Michael Tarsala
Published July 2, 2012

A 1986 ad for the New York Stock Exchange

Outlook

When being the 1% was something to brag about

by Mick Weinstein
Published July 2, 2012

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