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WSJ.com: Markets
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Slate of Offerings Face Challenges
After a spate of rocky debuts in the U.S., this week's slate of initial public offerings are going to be facing a tougher pricing environment.
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Ivory Coast Stirs the Cocoa
Ivory Coast's shift to selling next season's cocoa crop in advance has rattled global markets for the chocolate ingredient, keeping a lid on prices just as the market was recovering from three-year lows.
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Itchy Investors Ramp Up the Risk
With interest rates likely stuck near zero for nearly three more years, conservative investors—from retirees and college savers to banks and insurance companies—face a tough choice: move into riskier investments or continue coming up short from low-risk investments that aren't even keeping pace with inflation.
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Stats on Corn Called Flaky
Farmers and analysts are expressing fresh skepticism about Agriculture Department data on the corn market in the wake of the latest figures, which stunned traders and sent prices on another wild ride.
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Consumers Eventually Will Pull Back on the Reins
Corporate America should brace for a thinning of the shopper herd.
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Dividend Stocks Aren't the New Bonds
You can get generous yields…but also considerable risk. Consider using stocks as just one element in a diversified income portfolio.
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Goodbye to Market Timing
Mixing It Up: The father-and-son team behind Merriman Inc. were once big proponents of market timing. No more. Here the firm shares a model buy-and-hold portfolio.
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What to Do With 529-Plan Leftovers
If you haven't used all the money in your college savings plan, don't just cash it in. You have other options.
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Bill Gross...and Fund Fees
Fund Fiend: Other firms are likely to feel pressure to follow Pimco into low-cost ETFs.
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Risk-Parity Funds Redefine 'Balance'
A new group of allocation funds are based on the view that there is something fundamentally wrong with the classic 60-40 stocks-to-bonds mix.
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The Scramble for Catchy ETF Tickers
With many tickers already taken and others reserved for future products, finding a symbol that's both available and memorable isn't as easy as it sounds.
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Citi Hit in Brazilian Hacker Attack
A computer hacker group continued a wave of attacks against Brazilian financial websites, hampering the sites of Citigroup and other prominent institutions.
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With Role Lessened, Loan Chief Exits BofA
Barbara Desoer, a high-profile mortgage executive who once was a candidate to become chief executive of Bank of America, is leaving as the financial giant retreats from the home-loan business.
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