I travel to New York frequently and while I'm there I can't help but think about what made the city what it is today. It's the nostalgia of days gone by that really gets my blood pumping and puts an e

“This is one ‘mother’ of a market,” wrote 84-year old market veteran Richard Russell of Dow Theory Letters, aptly describing what market participants were again faced with duri

Morning Perspective: Today’s Crops Report According to FT, U.S. farmers will have a general idea of which crops to plant when the U.S. Department of Agriculture publishes it's Prospective Planti

Good morning and welcome back to aces wild. For the first time in history, the four top seeds have advanced to the final throws of March Madness. One week from tonight, UCLA, Kansas ,

There were two interesting articles I read over the weekend from the Financial Times, click below to read them.  SEC's new guidance to stop short of suspending 'fair value' rules.

Stocks to watch for Monday, March 31, 2008: Boeing (BA) and Textron's (TXT) Bell Helicopter, with their alliance called Bell Boeing, have won a contract worth $10.4 billion from the Department

Monday, March 31 Economics 9:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager: 46.5 cons 10:00 NAPM-Milwaukee: 53.0 Prior Earnings Before: PEIX, RDNT, SGK, SGR After: GILL, FULL, JRT, RMG, UBET Events Credit Suisse Equi

Market RecapThe bulls rang the opening bell this week with a carry over rally from last week, as JP Morgan (JPM) sweetened its offer for Bear Stearns (BSC). Investor euphoria was quickly subdued as ma

U.S. stocks fell today. Among other reasons, a weak consumer caused a gradual decline, sending major indexes to close again at their lowest levels of the day. The Dow Industrials fell -86 points,

An often impersonated national treasure celebrates a birthday, another victory for smug investigative reporters (and parents) everywhere and the release of important data on the manufacturing and serv