The days of soaring stock prices and luxury flights have passed for airlines around the globe, but the new reality of cost-cutting and consolidation could keep the major legacy carriers from being pe

Is it me or is the week going by super fast? It feels like I’m in that Adam Sandler movie, Click. Monday morning seems like it was five minutes ago and here it is, hump day already.Asian stocks

Without a doubt, the strength and duration of the rally from the March low has surprised many people, me included. Inquiring minds are wondering: Is there still one-third more to come? Barry Ritholtz

Stocks rose for a sixth week in seven, though the Dow fell Friday to end a winning streak of eight straight. Vacation volume meant trading was sleepy, except for mattress maker Select Comfort (SCSS)&

In response to Misguided Worries About Inflation, I received an email from a reader telling me: "The deflation metaphor is not playing out. Every month the things I consume go up in price."

GameStop (GME), the world's leading video-game retailer, lowered guidance this morning due to delays of some key titles and the crappy economy. The stock's getting creamed, but is it time to jump in

The scariest thing about the health care reform bill is not the vision of granny-killers roaming hospital corridors. It’s the fact that few rational people seem to grasp how it really may chang

I’ve been following a number of unemployment charts showing just how bad the current recession is. Click on any chart to see a sharper image.Job-Loss RecoveryClick to enlargeThe last 3 recessio

I can recite the 15 or so stops on New Jersey Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line in my sleep. I’ve made the trip from New York to Long Branch more often than I’d like to consider. My

I got to sit next to that same guy on the bus last night that I've talked about before. The man slurped his coffee for an hour and a half straight, which I figure has to be some sort of rec