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We care about your money - and want you to hold on to it and make more - so we rounded up the most important investment news from this week.
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Your Top 10 Pieces of Investment News, July 28 - Aug. 1, 2014
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This week, Europe and the United States slapped Russia with further sanctions. Russia banned soy exports from Ukraine, is considering a ban on U.S. poultry and European fruits, and may try to steal your lunch money. Check out Money Morning Special Contributor Michael E. Lewitt's latest to see how Russia's playground brawl will be affecting your wallet...
On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Hamas and Israel had agreed to a three-day ceasefire, but it collapsed within three hours as rockets began firing from both sides.
- The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met on Tuesday and Wednesday, sending ripples through U.S. markets and precious metals. Here's what the Fed had to say - and what it failed to say - about interest rates, inflation, and the latest tweak to its bond-buying program...
- Twitter stock (NYSE: TWTR) popped more than 20% after the microblogging site announced Q2 earnings on Tuesday. It's the first time TWTR stock soared instead of crashed following earnings since it went public in November 2013 - and it's all because one number changed...
The Synchrony Financial IPO (NYSE: SYF) debuted Thursday. The credit card company spun off from General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) as part of GE's new strategy to focus on industrial businesses like jet-engine manufacturing. Here's how SYF stock did in its first day of trading...- On Monday, shares of Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) surged more than 24% on news that the company plans to sell its business to Dollar Tree Inc. (Nasdaq: DLTR) for $8.5 billion. Outspoken billionaire Carl Icahn slashed his stake in FDO after scoring a whopping $175 million in just a few weeks. Here's how mere dollars are turning into millions on the FDO-DLTR tie-up...
- Shares of El Pollo LoCo Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LOCO) were up more than 65% in the first week of trading following its July 25 IPO. LOCO stock traded at $40.80 on Friday - a massive premium over its $15 initial offering price. For what investors can expect from LOCO stock after its IPO momentum dies down, go here...