“Don’t confuse the dollar with stocks.”

Companies generating a big portion of their business abroad have gotten an earnings boost as the dollar’s plunge has made overseas profits more valuable. via The State

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Reports of the disk-drive business’ demise have been greatly exaggerated, according to a report in Barron’s. Since the beginning of the year, the No. via BNET

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“The areas people find attractive are almost always the ones they should find unattractive, and those they find unattractive are probably more attractive”

You may be losing your balance. Even worse, you could be in for a nasty fall.

Remember 2000, when many investors fell flat on their faces as funds they loved in the late ’90s tripped them up during one of the meanest bear markets of all time?

You could be setting yourself up for a similar misstep.

If you cleaned up your portfolio in 2000 and have ignored it since then, you probably are committing the same mistake that investors made seven years ago: indulging in too much of a good thing. Read more

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Nvidia Corp. helped lead the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index higher in Friday midday trading as the Santa Clara, Calif.-based graphics technology developer reported higher first-quarter earnings on strong demand … via Boston.com

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