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EghtesadOnline: The best-yielding equities benchmark among the 12 biggest stock markets in the globe is set to get even better.

EghtesadOnline: Want some volatility? As investors fall back in love with stocks seeing the bigger swings, they should take a look at Biotech and Gold miners, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. In a new note from Katherine Fogertey and her team, the firm is suggesting that these sectors are going to be the ones that experience the biggest moves over the next 12-months.

EghtesadOnline: Upbeat global economic data and growing signs that inflation on both sides of the Atlantic is accelerating fueled a second day of 2017 gains across world stock markets on Wednesday, and lifted the euro and oil prices.

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. dollar sank and stocks plummeted in market mayhem on Wednesday as investors faced the real possibility of a shock win by Republican Donald Trump that could upend the global political order.

EghtesadOnline: Asian shares tumbled to seven-week lows and the dollar was on the defensive on Wednesday as investors were rattled by signs the U.S. presidential election race was tightening just days out to the Nov. 8 vote.

EghtesadOnline: The dollar rose to its highest since early February against a basket of currencies on Friday as investors increased bets on higher U.S. interest rates, while a measure of world stocks posted its first weekly gain in four weeks despite some soft U.S. corporate results.

EghtesadOnline: World stocks rose on Wednesday, led by a surge in bank shares, while the yen weakened after the Bank of Japan surprised markets by adopting a target for long-term interest rates.

EghtesadOnline: Stocks climbed with commodities and the pound jumped amid signs economies in China and the U.K. are stabilizing. The dollar advanced against most of its peers while bonds retreated before Friday’s payrolls report.

EghtesadOnline: World stocks rose and the dollar sank to a seven-week low on Thursday after minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest meeting showed policymakers were divided over whether to raise interest rates soon.

EghtesadOnline: Consumers are flocking to discount apparel retailers, but investors are faced with nothing close to a bargain as stocks in the sector rally.