How to Build Oil Profits in the Age of Dwindling Supply

Building an oil portfolio is a lot more difficult than it used to be. It was easier 30 years ago, back...

Online Spending Boom Creates Profit Opportunity in European Markets

Online marketing outlays in Europe will more than double by 2012, a new study says, an explosion in spending that should...

Stocks End Their Record Run

After five straight gains, and four consecutive days of record closing highs, stocks took a beating and fell yesterday because of...

Fed Chief Calls For Modest Growth, Slowing Inflation;No Rate Hikes, For Now

"The U.S. economy appears likely to expand at a moderate pace over the second half of 2007, with growth then strengthening...

Never Trust an Investor With a Microscope

Anytime stocks are on a record run, and you sense that investors are searching a little too hard for the good...

Ackerman Hedge Fund Puts Bulls eye on Target

Pershing Square Capital Management LP, the hedge fund run by activist investor William Ackerman, has taken a 9.6% stake in upscale...

Industrial Lead Hits Another Record

From Staff Reports In yet another example of the impact that demand in China is having on global commodity prices, industrial-grade...

Are the U.S. and China Headed for an All-Out Trade War?

Could a ruinous trade war between the United States and China be coming? It sure looks that way.

Smaller Than Expected Budget Deficit Could Stave Off Rising Interest Rates

President George Bush last week predicted that robust tax collections would cause the U.S. budget deficit to shrink to $205 billion...

Iran Cuts its U.S. Reserves to 20%; Asks Japan to Pay for Oil in Yen

In an effort to cut its holdings of the U.S. dollar, Iran has asked Japanese refiners to begin using the yen...

Sen. Dirksen: Allow Me to Introduce You to Standard & Poor's

there are some problems within the U.S. economy and its accompanying financial system that are serious enough to merit ongoing vigilance...

When Too Much Good News is Possibly a Bad Thing

Yesterday's "global" rally wasn't all that it seems.

China Revises 2006 Economic Growth Figures; Fastest Since 1994

China yesterday revised its 2006 gross domestic product growth to 11.1% from 10.7%, the fastest yearly growth the country has seen...

A Rise In Mortgage Applications Defies Higher Interest Rates; Subprime Woes Deepen

Though prognostications about the overall health of the U.S. housing market remain bleak, and interest rates have hit their highest level...

China's Record Trade Surplus Again Inflames U.S. Criticism

By Jason Simpkins By announcing a record-setting global trade surplus of $26.9 billion for June, China has re-ignited allegations that it’s...

Inflation Still The Fed's Main Concern

Despite an abysmal housing market and a timid stock market, inflation remains the chief concern of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S....

Battle For Commodity Footholds Continues With Alcan Buyout

Alcoa Inc and Rio Tinto PLC may be looking to lock horns over one of the world's leading suppliers of bauxite,...

Shareholders OK $11.9 Billion CBOT Deal

Shareholders for the Chicago Board of Trade approved plans for CBOT to join forces with longtime rival, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange,...

A Special Investment Report: With Crude Oil Prices Still At the Base of a Five-Year Climb, Turn Pain Into Profit

The soaring prices of crude oil and gasoline are just part of a broad-based worldwide boom in commodities that is being...

Oil Prices Skyrocketing: Gasoline is Likely Next

By Jason Simpkins Violence in Nigeria and concerns that U.S. refiners are struggling to produce enough gasoline helped crude oil prices...

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