The Greek SystemBeing an options trader can sometimes feel like belonging to a fraternity; some gravitate toward the academic minded, some are athletically oriented, and some of us just go all-out An

Thanksgiving is all about family gathering around a table laden with food, right?But there aren’t any rules about where the table is placed. Or if there are rules, maybe it’s time to brea

As of October 11, there have been nearly 400,000 confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 worldwide and more than 4,735 deaths reported to the World Health Organization, which estimates that the case count i

How is the consumer feeling?Not so great, it turns out.We learned this week that the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) slipped to 47.7 this month from 53.4 last month. Consumers’ perceptions of c

It was March 31, 1984. My buddy Benji Schneider and I were high up in the rafters of Madison Square Garden, chaperoned by Benji’s dad, to see Van Halen.None of us had any idea that we were abou

Jeff takes a look at two similar companies that are run very differently: Disney (DIS) and Sony (SNE).On one hand, Disney’s found success across all its properties, from its movies and theme pa

Did this week go super slow or was it just me? I can’t wait till the close. Tonight my wife is renting a movie, and we’ll be enjoying a quiet night at home. Asian stocks took a hit overni

Are your work weeks feeling nasty, brutish, but not short? We at Minyanville know just how you feel. So, we went in search of quick cures, in the form of short vacations that heal mind and body. And

Stocks rose on the first day of fall, sending major averages to fresh highs for the year, but betting your bottom dollar was also the order of the day as the greenback slid to a twelve month low agai

Crazy day yesterday. I didn’t make it home till after 9 p.m., thanks in part to a bus ride from H-E double hockey sticks. Why is construction work always in full swing during rush hour?The Hang