As America prepares to tuck into turkeys, Byrd became our longest serving lawmaker, Birds Eye is being bought by Blackstone (BX) and yesterday’s equity action was one for the birds. With h

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.&lsq

Stocks rose a for fourth successive session, though gains were pared in the afternoon after the Fed threw the Beige Book at equities. A Stone has fueled concerns the market is about to hit a brick Wa

The Holy Grail de jour of financial market prognostication is predicting the bottom in housing. It's a fool's errand, however. Investing based on a perceived end to declining property values has&

According to Bloomberg, the New York Times Company (NYT) said today that advertising revenue at its newspapers and Web sites fell 13% in May. It was the biggest monthly decline this year for the third

To drill or not to drill? What's good for offshore drillers such as Transocean (RIG), Noble Corporation (NE) and ENSCO (ESV) isn't necessarily good for consumers. Even a major oil discovery off the co

In boxing there are rules that go way back to the Marquess of Queensberry but the one-two punch that continues to pound the market could have only come from the mind of the Marquis de Sade. I&rsq

Editor's Note: This is a small sample of the content available on the Buzz & Banter.The Looming Shoe - Todd Harrison - 3:06 PMAlrightee then, it's that time of the day again--you know, the &q

We are sitting on the lowest gasoline inventories in the last 4+ years. According to one of my refining aces, last week his firm was expecting a 700,000 bbl draw and got a 5.2 million bbl dr

Heads up: After the bell, look out for earnings from KB Home(KBH:NYSE), Adobe Systems(ADBE:NASD) and Red Hat(RHAT:NASD). Earnings reports tomorrow include General Mills(GIS:NYSE), Lehman Brothers(LEH: