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Wall Street news for retail investors who want to know what's going on.

• Stock market marks time for Uncle Ben

  Traders await the Oracle of the Fed. So do we. Resistance is futile.

• Wall Street decision time: Rally or taper tantrum

  Market awaits Fed's latest enigmatic statement.

• Despite oil prices, Monday markets set to rally

  Hopes for good news from Uncle Ben? Meanwhile, oil prices creep upward.

• Stock market set to open lower despite good S&P news

  Summer doldrums setting in, so caution is the watchword.

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