Trends

• Stocks rise on Fed stimulus hopes, home sales

  By Bernard Condon  |  May 22, 2013

  Stocks are moving higher Wednesday morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it was too soon for the central bank to pull back on its massive economic stimulus programs.

• 

  Plan sponsors focus on fee disclosure rules

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  May 22, 2013

  Sponsors also face growing liability, with the number of claims against fiduciaries having tripled since the 1990s.

• 

  Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts

  By Martin Crutsinger  |  May 22, 2013

  Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.

• Stocks edge higher as investors watch Fed

  By The Associated Press  |  May 22, 2013

  Stocks are opening slightly higher as investors watch for the latest moves from the Federal Reserve.

• 

  JPMorgan’s Dimon survives referendum

  By Christina Rexrode  |  May 21, 2013

  Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase will let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs.

• Is Medicare Advantage in danger?

  By Pam Black  |  May 21, 2013

  At the end of February, the federal government was set to cut payments to Medicare by 2.2 percent. Suddenly, on April 1, the whole situation was reversed: Not only were funds for Medicare not cut, they were increased by 3.3 percent. To Washington outsiders, it sounds like an April Fool’s...

• Stock indexes flip between gains and losses

  By The Associated Press  |  May 21, 2013

  Stock indexes fluctuated in early trading Tuesday as investors tried to predict the Fed's next move.

• Indexes edge higher in early trade

  By The Associated Press  |  May 21, 2013

  Stock indexes are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's next moves.

• 

  Did you just win $590 million?

  By Brendan Farrington  |  May 21, 2013

  So you have a lottery ticket worth $590.5 million. Now what?

• Stocks hold close to record levels

  By Steve Rothwell  |  May 20, 2013

  A stock market surge took a pause Monday after investors pushed indexes to record levels last week.