I have misgivings about Wall Street. Their short-term trading distorts the energy markets, almost beyond recognition.
Indeed, the past...
Stock buybacks represent one of the most insidious bits of financial engineering in the markets - executives claim that they're returning money to...
Many investors really start to study the markets this time of year in an effort to divine what's next for global markets and, by implication,...
While half the trick of investing is figuring out what the consensus thinks, the wisdom of crowds is a myth when it comes to the...
The conventional "wisdom" holds that a bear market can't happen until losses hit 20%.
But that's a carefully designed, often-repeated...
After last week’s strong finish, it’s no shock that Wall Street’s starting to make encouraging noises about “recovery.” But when did...
During last night's Democratic debate, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said a few things about Wall Street that made us stop and...
For most investors, the relationship between investing and profits seems simple enough. You buy low, sell high, and your portfolio grows - or so...
There's a lot more to making money in tech stocks than choosing the right investments. You also have to know which stocks to avoid. After all, no...
In a fitting end to what was a disastrous 2015, The Wall Street Journal ran two articles on its "Opinion" page on the last day of the year that...
Last month the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced that it would no longer accept stop-loss and good 'till cancelled (GTC) orders. It went on...
Commodity prices are plunging, the dollar is powering higher, Obamacare is collapsing, economies everywhere are faltering and ...
Now is the time when Wall Street is most dangerous to your financial health.
After being 100% wrong about the market all year,...
Wall Street criminals just won't stop misbehaving. The latest crime was exposed Wednesday. Five of the biggest names in global finance...
If it looks like a bubble, smells like a bubble and walks like a bubble, it is a bubble.
What we have in the certain stocks today is a...
Wall Street would prefer if investors never asked certain questions. But sometimes having the right financial advisor in your corner can mean...
The UBS dark pool fine announced last week is yet another example of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dropping the ball on one of the ...
Wall Street is about to get paid back by D.C.'s new bosses. Because all politicians are snakes. And some of them are rattlesnakes.
On...
We talk about why you should always be in the stock market (and NOT for the same reasons Wall Street wants you in, either)....
The JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) stock price faltered more than 4% on this morning on an earnings miss.
JPMorgan was hit hard...