China's Five-Year Economic Plan Calls For Slower Growth

China will take steps to cool off its red-hot economy in the next five years

Buy, Sell or Hold: The Libya Crisis and Record Oil Prices Will Ground United Continental Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: UAL)

The growing Middle East unrest - and the impact that the turmoil and the resulting uncertainty is having on global oil prices - is clobbering the...

Investing in Sweden - A Cold Country with a Hot Economy

What comes to mind when you think of Sweden: Blonde hair, pale skin, and a pair of sullen blue eyes piercing through a whiteout - or an economy...

The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Wins Controversial $35 Billion Contract for Refueling Tanker

In a deal expected to spark an economic boon of more than 50,000 jobs, The Boeing Co. (NYSE:

2011 Budget Showdown: Don't Raise the U.S. Debt Ceiling… Sell the White House!

I have to tell you that - as a former international merchant banker - I want to laugh out loud when I hear the dire predictions of how the United...

$100 Oil Sparks Energy Investment Interest

Civil unrest in the Middle East continues to push oil prices higher as companies with Libyan operations shut down production, threatening oil...

Timber Investing: The Inflation Hedge That Pays Off in Every Type of Market

If you start a conversation about the building inflationary pressures already sapping consumer pocketbooks, that talk will almost certainly turn...

Hot Stocks: General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) Marks Turnaround With First Full Year of Profits Since 2004

After suffering through years of enormous losses and one of the biggest bankruptcies in U.S. history, General Motors Co. (NYSE:

Global Bond Market Outlook: Three Ways to Dodge the Looming Bear Market in U.S. Bonds

Put 100 investors in a room and most will tell you how worried they are that the still-bullish U.S. stock market is going to betray them for a...

Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) "Thunderbolt" Could Ignite Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC)

After three years of promises, Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) today...

Nasdaq Mulls Offer for NYSE in Bid to Survive Flurry of Exchange Mergers

With a global wave of consolidation sweeping over stock exchange operators, Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (Nasdaq:

Solar Power Market Emerging as a Sleeper in 2011

Companies that manufacture solar power equipment had a great year in 2010 thanks to generous government subsidies. While 2011 may turn out to be a...

The Commodities Boom of 2011: Coal Will Be the New Gold

The run-up in commodities prices has been a long one. And it shows

President Obama's Budget Proposal Too Heavy on the Spending

U.S. President Barack Obama released his fiscal 2012 budget request last week, igniting a partisan debate that's certain to escalate in the days...

Oil Prices Surge to Two-Year High on Middle East Turmoil

Protests in the Middle East drove oil prices to a two-year high yesterday (Tuesday) as anti-government violence spread in Libya, threatening the...

Is Your Household Spending More This Year?

After crippling economic turmoil over the past few years, many U.S. households worked hard to tighten budgets, slash excessive spending, and live...

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