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Investors are well aware of SunEdison’s (SUNEQ) filing for bankruptcy protection.I have been advising investors to get out of SunEdison for quite some time, and the stock still appears headed to $0. However, it is not clear what will be the impact of SunEdison's bankruptcy on TerraForm Global (NASDAQ:GLBL). As a matter of fact, it is not possible to predict a bankruptcy, but in the case of SunEdison, it was pretty clear that the company will face this situation, and TerraForm Global is the first yieldco supporter to face this problem.

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Investor sentiment and analysis of media coverage are new frontiers to explore in understanding stock market gyrations. The news unconsciously affects investor behavior, which in turn moves the stock market. Thus analyzing investor behavior could potentially reap enormous profits, says behavioral finance expert Richard Peterson , a board-certified psychiatrist and CEO of MarketPsych in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

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Low inflation rates in recent years have been a friend to investment portfolios because they subtract less from your returns. Here's how that works.

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As the selling picked up late Friday the major averages were unable to hold their gains but it was even worse week for many individual stocks. Even before Friday's market decline the drug delivery, steel & iron, non-metallic mining, home furnishing and department stores were already down over 7% for the week. Not all stocks were lower as the multimedia software, generic drugs, computer systems and mail order stocks were all up 5% or more. Electronic Alerts (EA) led on the upside gaining over 20% and Monsanto (MON) also reported strong earnings and surged late in the week. Of course the main focus was on the department stores with Sears (SHLD) down over 18% followed by a 17% drop on Macy's (M) and over a 15% decline in Kohl's (KSS). Nordstrom Inc. (JWN) also disappointed on earnings last Thursday as it was down over 13% on Friday . The technical review of two of these stocks as well as the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) last Tuesday (Retail Rout: Buy It or Not?) concluded that there was no reason to be long these stocks ahead of their earnings. So what should you be doing in the weeks ahead?

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Plenty of investors judge a stock's dividend by one thing: the current yield. It's a key figure, to be sure, but it's just a starting point. If you're investing for the long haul, dividend growth is way more important.

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You still have some room to negotiate on financial aid. Here's how to get the best deal and avoid debt.

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The global oil market is returning to balance based on the latest data from the EIA. That should mean higher oil prices but how high must prices be to save the industry?

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