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Fund review: Investec GSF Global Franchise FundWhat InvestmentAs past performance suggests, while the fund will always follow general stock market movements, it should outperform relative to a bear market, …

Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a 15-month high, as initial jobless claims fell more than forecast and orders for durable goods excluding transportation topped economists’ …

Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) — Stocks gained around the world, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index advancing to a 15-month high, on expectations the global economic recovery will strengthen. Copper rose, heading for the best …

Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures climbed, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will gain for a fifth day, before reports that may provide further evidence the economy is recovering.

Google’s employees couldn’t have timed the stock market’s turn any better. A day before stocks bottomed in March, Google Inc. let almost 16,000 of its workers exchange their stock options. It turned out to be …