I'll bite my lip and not comment about the federal government having the cojones to blame creditors for wanting Chrysler -- a company that has been bankrupt forever, as a practical matter -- to actua

Editor's note: Mike O'Rourke is the chief market strategist at BTIG LLC, a premier institutional brokerage and fund services company. As go the financials, so goes the market. Year to date in 2009, t

Monday, February 16 Markets Closed Tuesday, February 17 Economics 08:30 Empire Manufacturing -24.00 09:00 Net Long-term TIC flows 09:00 Total Long-net TIC flows 01:00 NAHB Housing Market Index 8 Earn

Editor's Note: James Quinn is a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high level financial positions with a retailer, homebuilder and a university in his 22-yea

The Securities and Exchange Commission may require some US companies to switch to international accounting rules by 2014. The SEC says the change will make American companies more competitive in the

As the pendulum swings between greed and fear, investors typically behave in 1 of 2 ways: They either become over-enthusiastic during bull markets and over-despondent as the bear’s growl grows

Dell (DELL) says price cuts boosted second quarter sales, but cut profits 17%. Dell’s profit dropped to $616 million, or $0.31 per share, from $746 million, or $0.32, for the same period a year

Marvell Lower on Slower SalesShares of Marvell Technology (MRVL) are lower this morning after the company gave a forecast that indicated sales growth is slowing. Bloomberg reports the maker of chips

As stockholders sweep up the remnants of IndyMac and the FDIC continues to add to its list of troubled banks (Wachovia (WB), Washington Mutual (WM) and Zions Bancorp (ZION)) financial insti

A summer has passed since I made the vow to become a more mindful spender.The verdict: Room for improvement.The plan I laid out in May was to switch from debit card to cash for most of my day-to-day