Risky assets remained in favor during the past week, generally helped along by fairly robust economic data and better-than-expected corporate earnings reports. A number of bourses, crude oil, inflati

This past week Alcoa (AA) officially kicked off earnings, surprising the Street with better than expected results. Next week will start slow thanks to Columbus Day -- the bond market is closed but no

It’s earnings season here in the ‘Ville. Watch as Todd discusses three main points to help guide you through it, paying particular attention to Alcoa (AA). Stay tuned for Todd’s

There are few things better than autumn in the big city. There’s something in the air, winds of change if you will. Central Park is a kaleidoscope of colors; the six-train is packed with pinstr

Asian stocks rose yet again. The Hang Seng and the Nikkei closed up 1.18% and 0.34% respectively. European stocks were in the green early this morning, too. And here in the US, we’re currently

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Two of the major indexes rose for a third straight session and unless investors suddenly turn a tin ear to Alcoa’s (AA) impressive earnings, this morning will witness another solid start.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is usually referenced here by its ticker symbol, VIX, seems to be settling comfortably into a range between 22.00 and 30.00 that's traded in since early July. Given t

Exactly twelve months after its first close below 10,000 in almost four years, changed days indeed for the Dow. Amid seventieth birthday celebrations for The Wizard of Oz equities were all emerald ci

In the wee hours of the morning, a few stories broke that led to a commodities rally, a dollar whacking, and finally a stock rally. The first came from the down under as the Reserve Bank of