About the best that can be said for 2009 is that our world didn’t actually blow up, though there were moments when it looked like it might. The bad news is, now we have to get all revved up for

You had to figure there was a reason they called it “comfort food.” Nothing explains the phrase better than the recent recession, which saw families look to stretch their dollars and lift

There’s a house on the block where I grew up that goes all out for Halloween. Lots of blood, guts, and body parts all over their front lawn. My kind of decorations! My daughter and I were lucky

On August 9, when I headed out for countries and parts unknown, the intraday high on the cash S&P 500 was 1018. Tuesday, upon my return, the low posted this day after Labor Day was 1018. Sell in

Why are Pebble Beach and Rockefeller Center suddenly popping into my crowded keppe? Bharti Airtel Ltd., India's biggest mobile-phone company, and South Africa's MTN Group Ltd. have announc

For a third straight session stocks ended in the black, as did black gold with oil gaining 4.6%. The yellow metal itself got up over $1,000 intraday, an 18-month high, but our greenback could use buc

Measuring MergersMergers, both real and rumored, are coming back in vogue, providing not only a catalyst for stock-price movement, but also generating an increase in option activity. But unlike the p

I got to sleep late, take a few long bike rides, spend some time with my good buddy Sam Adams, and wolf down a couple of burgers. Why can't every weekend be Labor Day weekend?Asian stocks rose overni

“I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this.”-- Harry DunneIt was perfectly planned, a summer sojourn to end the season and recharge my batteries for the home stretch

Pardon my French, but it was a case of "Plus ça change" on Friday as America’s unemployment rate rose to a level last seen in 1983, a distant era when Michael Jackson ruled the