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Stock market history shows 2018 could see small gains with correction

Stocks look set for further gains, but there’s good reason to believe 2018 will bring a full-throttle correction (10 percent decline), after this year’s shallow sell-off and low volatility. Strategists surveyed by CNBC expect a median gain of about 5 percent for 2018, for the S&P 500, and many expect …

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Wall Street analysts are missing the mark on some red-hot chip stocks

Analysts are overshooting their expectations for four major semiconductor stocks. According to FactSet data, Advanced Micro Devices, Western Digital, Micron and Applied Materials are among the top S&P 500 stocks trading at the largest discounts to their average price targets. Those stocks are currently sitting a respective 42, 35, 31 …

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Marco Rubio opposes current GOP tax plan; Mike Lee is undecided

Getty Images Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks next to Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) during a news conference to introduce their proposal for an overhaul of the tax code, March 4, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Two Republican senators are holding out from voting for the GOP tax plan …

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