The holidays are just around the corner and many retailers are hoping that consumers will feel a little more jovial (and a little more like spending) as the weather gets colder.A startlingly high une

Stanley Works (SWK) but untold others don’t. The toolmaker hit a 52-week high Friday after its Black & Decker (BDK) acquisition even as double digit unemployment threw a wrench into th

There’s little debate that Warren Buffett is the greatest investor of our generation. He’s a class act; someone very good at what he does and seemingly better at who he is.Heck, he even s

Back at the end of June, I said that the S&P 500 should, at a minimum, rally into the 1000 level, and with the amount of liquidity the government has been printing, I wouldn’t be surprised

It's been said that cinema turns a mirror on the present time. At the worst, it's a slightly lagging indicator. And this fall, several movies will be released that imagine a dystopian near-future, on

Editor's Note: “Memoirs of a Minyan” is a first-person account that follows Minyanville founder Todd Harrison as he weaves his way through Wall Street and beyond. This e-Book will publish

I've had lots of questions on my article from yesterday, Tread Carefully When Trading UNG.For now, I don't plan to do anything with this situation. There are several reasons for this.1. I have no edg

Editor's Note: This article was written by Chris Tormey, who is presently retired. Until March 2009, he was a partner at SpearpointCapital, a Global Macro Hedge Fund located in New York City.I didn&r

A year ago, few could have guessed that Morgan Stanley (MS) would not only survive the credit crisis intact, but that it did so with John Mack its helm. But even during a financial hurricane like the

“So I'm rappelling down Mount Vesuvius when suddenly I slip, and I start to fall. Just falling. Ahh ahh! I'll never forget the terror. When suddenly I realize "Holy cow, Hansel, haven't yo