Private equity is back!Or so it would seem, according to some of the biggest rock stars from the leveraged buyout industry this week. The Blackstone Group’s (BX) Steve Schwarzman told a Dubai c

A poor reading by the ISM index knocked stocks back today. For the month of September, the index came in at 52.6 compared to analysts' estimates of 54.0. During the month of August, the ISM had a rea

After last week’s weakness, I’ve been cuing up potential shorts in the event we continue and actually follow through to the downside. As I scanned the sectors, one that jumped out was the

After hitting 11-month highs on Tuesday, stocks slipped in subsequent sessions and ended with their steepest weekly drop since July. The Lost Symbol won big at bookstores but tickers everywhere tanke

I suspect that when most investors make the jump from stocks to options, the most difficult issue for them to come to terms with is position management. With stocks, it's easy for an investor to reas

Vikram Pandit, aren't you ready for a new job? Since taking the helm at Citigroup (C) in late 2007, Pandit has led the bank through its darkest days. He's overseen controversial executive management

The troubled private equity giants have found a few reasons to celebrate recently, but it's far too early to declare it a rockin' party. The Blackstone Group (BX) reported better-than-expected earnin

I once worked at an advertising agency where the owner (we’ll call him Miller) had such drastic crazy mood swings, we jokingly referred to our agency as The Miller and Miller and Miller Agency.

Greetings from New York, where this column is either cursed or blessed -- fate will tell us, and we're powerless to control it. When I started, I was writing about doing research while gambling and g

This Is OutrageousFirst I want to direct the attention of those in the US finance industry to a white paper written by Themis Trading, called Toxic Equity Trading Order Flow on Wall Street. Basically