S&P 500 extended its 2012 rise to about 7%
FXstreet.com – 1 hour ago
US Equities: US stocks advanced on hope that the labor market recovery will persist after non-farm payrolls advanced at the fastest pace in 9 months, while the unemployment rate declined to a near 3-year trough.

Stocks Least Loved Since '80s as US Scales Wall of Worries
BusinessWeek – 3 hours ago
By Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Inyoung Hwang and Whitney Kisling Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — The Standard & Poor's 500 Index's best start in 25 years is doing little to restore Americans' confidence in the stock market.
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Stocks Least Loved Since 1980s as Americans Scale Steepest Wall of Worries
Bloomberg – 15 minutes ago
Play Video The Standard & Poor's 500 Index's best start in 25 years is doing little to restore Americans' confidence in the stock market.

Kroger Seen as Bargain at Cheaper Than 99% of S&P 500: Real M&A
Bloomberg – 5 hours ago
Enlarge image Kroger Seen as Bargain at Cheaper Than 99% of S&P 500 Kroger Seen as Bargain at Cheaper Than 99% of S&P 500 Tom Uhlman/Bloomberg News Kroger earned 2.6 cents in operating income for every dollar… Read more

Kroger Seen as Bargain at Cheaper Than 99% of S&P 500: Real M&A
Bloomberg – 25 minutes ago
For potential acquirers, there may never be a better time to go grocery shopping in the US Kroger Co. (KR), the largest US grocery-store chain, is trading at an 86 percent discount to its projected sales this… Read more

US stocks jump; S&P 500 up 1.46%
Switzer Financial News – 1 hour ago
by Andrew Newton Brown In news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.3 per cent in January according to the US Department of Labor. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 243000.

US markets: Why small companies' stocks deserve a closer look
Economic Times – 8 hours ago
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the nation's professional stock-pickers – who manage billions for pension funds, endowments and wealthy families – have said stocks were too stuck-together to build smart, market-beating portfolios.
Why Small Companies' Stocks Deserve a Closer Look… Read more

With sparse data, focus returns to Europe
Reuters – 12 hours ago
By Chuck Mikolajczak | NEW YORK (Reuters) – Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the US earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction.
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Top 10 Most Popular S&P 500 Stocks: AAPL, INTC, CSCO, BRCM, NE, QCOM, CRM …
China Analyst – 13 hours ago
Below are the top 10 most popular stocks in the S&P 500 index, based on the number of brokerage analysts following them. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the 1st most widely followed stock in this… Read more

S&P 500 at the Crossroads — Chart
Uncommon Wisdom Daily (blog) – 15 hours ago
by Sean Brodrick on February 5, 2012 The S&P 500 had a great week last week, and on Friday, it closed near its high for the day.