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The London Metal Exchange is the world center for industrial metals trading and price-risk management. More than 80% of global non-ferrous business is conducted here and the prices discovered on our three trading platforms are used as the global benchmark.

Rising crude inventories in the US have raised concerns about growth of oil demand leading to price correction below $100/bbl and declining by more than 1 percent yesterday.

Although stock trading has been there since ages, FOREX trading strategies have become a newer way to make money for traders.

Summary US households and businesses have accumulated enormous hoards of liquidity. The gradual normalization of risk aversion and liquidity preferences will drive a significant acceleration of spending growth. On aggregate, the balance sheets of consumers and businesses - and their liquidity position in particular - are the most favorable they have been in the past three decades. The average age of household consumer durables and US business capital stock is at a record high, suggesting that there is significant pent-up demand. A self-sustaining cycle of improved sentiment, accelerated spending and higher income seems to have already kicked off. In this report, I will briefly outline the impact of accelerated US growth on key investable asset classes, such as the S&P 500, 10Y US Treasury yields and gold. In the wake of the financial crisis of 2007-2009, the recovery has been the weakest of any sustained economic expansion in US history. However, the US economy seems poised for a significant acceleration for the remainder of 2014. Consumer Spending To Accelerate Many analysts are still talking about "balance sheet recessions" and "household deleveraging." The problem is that was yesterday's news. After several years of restructuring, reduced spending growth, increased savings rates and debt-reduction, US household balance sheets are in better shape than they have been since the early to mid-1980s, based on a wide variety of metrics. Whether you look at debt service-to-income, debt-to-income, consumer loan delinquency rates, cash balances as a percent of income, or household net worth, the US consumer balance sheets are, on aggregate, in the best shape they have been in several decades. Business Expenditure There are several reasons to believe that the business expenditure cycle will accelerate appreciably in 2014. First, the age of US capital stock is at an all-time high, meaning that there is considerable pent-up demand to

A couple of key elements threaten to shake up the market this week like a Colt 45 Magnum barrel lined up to your brain. Perhaps the most threatening of those is the geopolitical standoff between Russia and the West, with Ukraine held hostage in between

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger -- not to mention Berkshire Hathaway itself -- so we'll be in Omaha, covering the event for Foolish readers that can't make it out this year. In advance of the big day, we'll be counting down on Fool.com with our annual "12 Days of Berkshire" series.

For all the great strides Wall Street has made in making investing easy and affordable for the average person over the past few decades, investing still costs money. Most mutual funds have minimums in the thousands of dollars (not hundreds), and brokerage commissions make buying individual stocks prohibitively expensive if you only have a little to invest.

Ahead of the Bell: Dow futures are trading down 8 points and S&P futures are trading down 2 points. Investors wait for cues from global central banks after the major indices touched all-time highs. According to reports, the European Central Bank is preparing a package of policy options for its June meeting,

Penny stocks refer to the common stock of smaller public companies that trades for less than a dollar per share. Like other shares of stock, they are regulated by the SEC and other authorities, but instead of trading on the major markets like the NYSE, they trade on "over-the-counter" markets.

Major US stock indices rose on Friday to finish the week on the plus side as investors focused on swath of corporate earnings amid a mixed economic calendar. Of the major S&P 500 sectors, Healthcare and Staples led gains, while Utilities and Energy topped declines.

For many entrepreneurs, success is measured by profitability and achieved by increasing revenue and decreasing expenses. But just focusing on those desired outcomes is a mistake that will yield little change to the bottom line.

There's no shortage of advice on saving for retirement, and an important piece of the puzzle is having a strategy to generate sufficient income when you stop working, as Andrea Coombes recently highlighted. One interesting statistic she cited was a survey showing that 63% of people ages 35 to 75 are concerned that Social Security or pensions won't cover retirement expenses.

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Stock Market Decline Dow Jones Nasdaq, S&P 500 Bear Market BEFORE THE BELL US Stock Futures Hit Hard U.S. stocks open sharply lower Nasdaq 100, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Plunges More Than 200 Points,

As a stock market trader, you need to work out a stock market investment strategy and choose the right stocks to buy or sell. If you don't know that, then you might be getting very less when selling or paying very much when buying.

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Thursday, February 3, 2011 4:51 PM
 A late bid helped the stock market muster a modest gain after it had spent most of the session mired in…

The price of some stocks, especially recent "hot" IPOs and high tech stocks, can soar and drop suddenly.

Participants in the stock market range from small individual stock investors to large hedge fund traders, who can be based anywhere.

Never underestimate the ingenuity of corporate America or the optimism of its citizens. While the media obsess over multiple economic crisis scenarios and reinforce the message that the economy promises little growth, corporations just keep on grinding out higher earnings.

According to a study, pay for Chief Executive Officers is hitting all time record highs as CEOs see their median annual pay rising to a sweet $10.5 million, during calendar year 2013. The increase is up by 8.8% compared to CEO pay during 2012. Compensation packages for CEOs are rocking to eight-digit figures for the first time.