It was a slow day on Wall Street as earnings reports dominated the headlines. Technology was the big loser on the day as the Nasdaq shed -1.20%. The weakness was thanks to poor earnings guidance by B

Greetings from the heart of NYC, where I’ve returned after a west coast business trip and some academic vibe time upstate. Speaking with Syracuse students was my distinct pleasure as we do our

I forgot to mention it yesterday, but over the weekend both of my kids were in a one-mile race -- my oldest finished fourth out of 63 kids in her age group and my youngest finished sixth of 43 kids i

Minyan Kraig emails his bewilderment over: “a rising S&P in response to news that ‘(companies) are only mostly dead; not all dead”. Later he continues: “So, I’m wait

Like lightening before thunder ahead of a storm or labor contractions that quicken when a bun's in the oven, an eerie calm has descended on the Street in front of this week’s treasury auctions.

Turnaround Tuesday. Uncanny, right? LIBOR is falling the fastest since January? Awesome, but does anyone remember what happened to equities in the months following January? Sever

Nine years later, Boots and Coots left Adair’s company to form Boots & Coots, which is now Boots & Coots/International Well Control (WEL). Sure, the stock’s under a $1.50

The impending arrival of grandson number 2 thwarted our annual pilgrimage to the Community Bankers Association meeting in Phoenix this past week, as our priorities and what matters most comes fi

Equity markets had their biggest rally this year after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke outlined steps to fix the banking industry in a morning address. His remarks, delivered to the Counci

What a day it was for the market. Turnaround Tuesday definitely lived up to the hype.Citigroup (C) came out and said they had 2 profitable quarters through the first 3 months of this year; all the ba