Stocks slumped in the final hour of trading, gains gone in 60 minutes after an intraday downgrade by respected Rochdale researcher Dick Bove (rhymes with pay, which is also under attack) of Wells Far

You had to figure there was a reason they called it “comfort food.” Nothing explains the phrase better than the recent recession, which saw families look to stretch their dollars and lift

There’s a house on the block where I grew up that goes all out for Halloween. Lots of blood, guts, and body parts all over their front lawn. My kind of decorations! My daughter and I were lucky

On August 9, when I headed out for countries and parts unknown, the intraday high on the cash S&P 500 was 1018. Tuesday, upon my return, the low posted this day after Labor Day was 1018. Sell in

Why are Pebble Beach and Rockefeller Center suddenly popping into my crowded keppe? Bharti Airtel Ltd., India's biggest mobile-phone company, and South Africa's MTN Group Ltd. have announc

“I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this.”-- Harry DunneIt was perfectly planned, a summer sojourn to end the season and recharge my batteries for the home stretch

It’s not a secret to anyone that schools across America -- with a few exceptions, certainly -- are woefully underfunded.In Pocatello, Idaho, one teacher figured out a way to get $315 worth of b

Editor's Note: The following post is courtesy of Dr. Duru. This is the second part of a 2-part series. Part 1 can be found here.Two weeks ago, I used data on options expiring on February 20, 2009 to

Editor's Note: This piece is by Rolfe Winkler, of OptionARMageddon.We're not quite as healthy as we thought we were. The Wall Street Journal reports that "JPMorgan Chase (JPM) Chief Ex

After nearly 3 years of bleeding cash, US homebuilders are on shaky ground. The market for new homes is being decimated by rampant overbuilding during the boom, and by the flood of bank-owned propert