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  Global Market Turnaround Whips Investors

  April proved a cruel month for investors, many of whom had bet the dollar would march higher, oil prices would fall and the rally in bond markets would gain steam.

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  A Road Map for Investing Overseas

  Foreign stocks generally look cheap compared with U.S. stocks, but investors need to make sure their expectations are reasonable.

  • How Foreign Markets Stack Up by Shiller P/E
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  U.S. Stocks Rebound

  U.S. stocks rose Friday, bouncing back from the previous session’s steep declines.

  • Dollar Gains on Solid U.S. Data
  • Oil Slips After Strong April Rally
  • U.S. Government Bonds Cap Brutal Week
  • Market Turnaround Whips Investors in April
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  Morning MoneyBeat: Can Gains in Energy Stocks Be Maintained?

  Energy stocks got a jolt in April. What’s less clear is whether those gains can be sustained.

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  Emerging Markets Rally Amid Troubles

  Stocks, currencies and bonds in the developing world have taken off, but difficulties that weighed them down early in the year are likely to return to the forefront, investors and analysts say.

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  Resurgent Dollar Halts Euro’s Climb

  The euro climbed to a two-month high against the dollar before being pushed back down by a resurgent greenback.

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  Japan Stocks Flat on U.S. Jitters

  Japanese stocks posted paltry gains Friday, helped by several solid earnings results, but struggled to recover from a selloff Thursday.

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  Ireland’s Central Bank Chief to Step Down

  Patrick Honohan, who steered Ireland’s central bank through the most fraught period in its history, will step down before the end of the year.

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  Japanese Firms Prowl World for Deals

  Japanese buying of overseas assets is running at a record pace this year.

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  How Banking Is Coming to Rural India

  In an interview, Jean Drèze, a development economist working in one of India’s poorest states, talks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to bring banking to the countryside.

  • A Branch Far, Far Away: The Challenges of Banking Rural India
  • The Financial Inclusion Challenge

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  Japan Insurers Pile Into U.S. Debt

  Japanese life insurers plan to keep pouring money into U.S. debt as the list of countries able to meet their thirst for yield shrinks.