An ocean of black led to a sea of red with Wall Street declining as EIA data showed oil inventories up and demand off. For related content see The Untapped Energy Riches of Uzbekistan. The Dow s

Am I the only guy in the entire civilized world that didn’t watch the game last night? And it was all anyone was talking about on my commute and here on the desk. Don’t get me wrong, I lo

The S&P 500 fell for a fourth straight session -- its steepest drop since October 1st -- ensuring a close below the 50-day moving average as a 12% jump in the VIX had investors holding their

A year after investors lost their shirts, a bank paid $132 million to outfit a soccer team. Modest gains helped many major markets hit fresh ‘09 highs; the ghosts of twelve months ago are obvio

Today’s top story was that the US is slowly ruining its relationship with China -- purposely or not. On Friday, President Obama ordered tariffs on Chinese tires for tree years (35% in the&

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Yesterday, on a walk in downtown Manhattan around lunchtime, I rounded a corner and was hit by a myriad of bubbles. I mean, hundreds of them. Where did they all come from? There wasn't a kid or

I had a great weekend: I hung out at my brother-in-law's home on Saturday, where my wife and I polished off $3 worth of some cheap l wine I like to call “2-Buck Chuck."

“Put on a coat, or you’ll catch a cold.” I can still hear my mother saying those words, and I thought she was crazy. Now I’m not so sure. My wife sent me outside last nig

What About the Original Dow Jones 30 Stocks? The Dow Industrials was expanded to 30 names from 20 on October 1, 1928. Today, only 9 names of the original 30 remain in the Dow. The committee at D