
The yellow spice is up 64 percent year to date, by far outpacing the S&P 500's 8.5 percent gains.
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Shares of insurer Assurant dropped 11 percent to close at $35.58 Wednesday following publication of a report in American Banker that accused the firm of double-dealing and kickbacks in its "forced-placed" insurance business.


The price of gold on Monday rose to $1,412.75 an ounce, setting a record high -- although some spoil-sports maintain that the price of gold is nowhere near the record high, if you adjust for inflation.

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Shares of Chinese solar panel company LDK Solar hit a 52-week high Tuesday after reporting strong quarterly earnings.

Shares of technology bellwether Cisco dropped 16 percent Thursday after the company issued earnings forecasts that fell short of Wall Street's expectations.

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