Equities ended mixed in unusually tight trading. Buffett was a buffer against broader declines with his big railroad bet, but a downgrade of the semiconductor sector left Intel (INTC) (-2.68%) e

As of October 11, there have been nearly 400,000 confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 worldwide and more than 4,735 deaths reported to the World Health Organization, which estimates that the case count i

The headlines are widely publicizing the new highs being made in gold. Soon the news may be directed to gushing gold in the energy space … Black Gold. Many of the fundamental reports I read on

Lauded by critics, cherished by fans, unwatched by the masses. Fox's (NWS) Arrested Development was a spectacular single-camera mockumentary and an aberration in the deluge of mindlessly banal sitcom

Two of the major indexes rose for a third straight session and unless investors suddenly turn a tin ear to Alcoa’s (AA) impressive earnings, this morning will witness another solid start.

Once again everyone is hyperventilating over "secret" moves to trade oil in currencies other than the US dollar. Please consider The Demise of the Dollar by Robert Fisk.  “In

Vampires are a poor man’s Faust, and everyone knows the bargain goes bad. But zombies are a metaphor lively enough to encompass slavery, Nazis, capitalism, infectious disease, consumerism, and

Do you feel confident about your understanding of the financial crisis? Maybe even a little too confident?Well, you should. A recent study out of MIT suggests that most people feel overconfident ab

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

This week the price of gold hovered above the $1,000 level and managed to close above this important level, a very significant and optimistic development for anyone interested in the precious-metals