The core inflation rate -- which strips out food and energy prices -- slid to an annual rate of 1.4% in the third quarter from 2% in the second quarter. Low inflation, courtesy of a weak economy, giv

Getting kicked down stairs at a small home-improvement company made Kenneth Langone rich and has saved millions of do-it-yourselfers big bucks.In 1978, the legendary investor got into a tiff with the

The health-care sector is huge here in the US, accounting for 16% of GDP, and politicians have decided the system demands a radical overhaul.So, on Saturday, as you kicked back beers at the local bar

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Insider trading is back, big time. On Friday, federal prosecutors and the SEC charged Raj Rajaratnam, the founder of New York hedge fund the Galleon Group, with insider trading in the stocks of sever

Numerous people have asked me to comment on the Zero Hedge article Exclusive Smoking Gun: The Fed On Gold Manipulation. The "Smoking Gun" is a now declassified document about gold that was&

Money never sleeps, they say, but it certainly slumbers. Hit with a loss of energy, stocks slipped a second successive session as sellers reclined in a La-Z-Boy (LZB) (-14.26%) before jumping into Be

Last Monday’s article, Jeff Saut: How Much to Invest in Japan, began with this quote from Arthur Zeikel: “Thinking, good thinking that is, is a lonely sport. This may explain why so many

Editor's Note: The following article was written by Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist Jeff Saut. It has been reproduced with permission for the benefit of the Minyanville community.&nbs

Stock markets, in general, again logged gains last week as pundits perceived economic data to be better than expected. But the recovery path isn't home and dry yet, as shown by declines in crude oil,