Absent an eve of Halloween horror show, stocks will avoid a red October after snapping a recent slide in emphatic fashion on GDP figures which showed the worst recession since the Second World War is

Following a report from Crain’s Chicago Business that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) were in “informal” talks of merging a se

Editor's Note: Welcome to The Decoder, a regular series that will explain some of the more complex financial and business topics in the news. If you have a topic you'd like decoded, let us know in th

Listening to CNBC yesterday morning I was struck by two key things: First, there are obvious factors/evidence that many are choosing to ignore. Second, we should always be mindful of what may not be

Everyone is well aware of the meltdown in the financial stocks that's resulted from the credit crisis. Less attention has been paid, however, to the fact that the shares of the exchanges on which the

Without much ado, here are some thoughts to ponder over the weekend:  Tech Data Corp. (TECD): Yesterday the stock completed a sell countdown, and on a traditional chart it did so on

(Coming Soon - Click here for details) As we’ve seen recently, a receding tide may indeed strand all boats. But over time, performance diverges as the superior companies outperform the weaker

I believe “income” will be a profitable investment theme for the foreseeable future. Indeed, the baby boomers are retiring; and, the yields afforded them via Treasury securities, money-ma

Monday, December 1 Economics 10:00 ISM Manufacturing 10:00 ISM Prices Paid 10:00 Construction Spending MoM Earnings Before: NRGY After: ZOLT, SNDA Events Financial Times Gulf Property Investment Conf

Reuters reports the New York Federal Reserve is planning to host a meeting with banks and institutional investors Tuesday in hopes of developing a central counterparty for the $55 trillion globa