While many investors have solid reasons to remain concerned about the broader economic picture, there are some market sectors roaring forward that...
Despite securing an agreement from Group of 20 (G-20) officials to avoid weakening their currencies any further, the Obama administration failed...
European countries - both inside and outside the Eurozone - are slashing their budget deficits. Sure, some - like Greece and Spain, have to. But...
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China released data this week showing its economy grew 9.6% in the third quarter from a year earlier, slower than years past but still ...
The Nobel Prize panel granted its top award to seven leading economists - whose theories went on to cost investors trillions of dollars in...
Usually, a government decision to subsidize clean energy alternatives would be applauded by others. Not so when the government is...
Will the economy lapse into a double-dip recession? What can be done about the soaring U.S. budget deficit? What's next for the stock...
Once you get beyond buying puts or calls for purely speculative purposes, no other options strategy is more popular than selling covered calls -...
If there's one thing that I've discovered in my careers as a hedge-fund manager, investment advisor and financial columnist, it's this: Whenever...
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Mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot, the inventor of fractal geometry, died Oct. 14. As mathematicians go, Mandelbrot was very...
Could the government seize your gold? It's a question that's being asked with increasing frequency these days. The United States is...
It's been 25 years since state and local governments across the United States were in such bad shape - and the budgetary pain is far from ...
A potentially crippling crisis is flashing through the banking industry and threatening to derail the already struggling housing market and U.S....
The collapse of The Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (OTC:
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) spurred a big run in financial stocks yesterday (Monday)...
The main thrust of the past two months has been the renewed collapse of the U.S. dollar. The dollar has been on a one-way elevator ride to...
The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is in talks with India for a $5.8 billion military...
The efficient, well-managed rescue of the 33 Chilean miners was an affecting spectacle for the world. It also should remind us that