For the loneliest number, one sure has a lot of company. A one point gain took the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to within one percent of its retracement level while one dollar will suffice a

A tough (and Tufts) end to trading after a stand pat Fed saw shares stand still, equities giving up earlier increases to end mixed as markets discovered a House is not a home. Our elected Representat

1. Banks Go for Broke......and They're Almost ThereA game of chicken. That's really what it's come down to for banks. Listening in on the Pulte Homes (PHM) conference call this morning, Richard J. Du

Subsidizing renters with gobs of greenbacks if they buy a house turns out to be a pretty popular program.Thanks to the tax credit for first-time home buyers, as well as cheaper home prices and lower

There are bull markets and bear markets, but do we now have a schizophrenic market?Caterpillar (CAT), the world’s largest maker of construction equipment, offered an upbeat earnings outlook Tue

I don’t know where you’ll be this weekend, but you’ll find me on the soccer field. My oldest has a big tournament. Four games in all, and I can’t wait. Details to follow on Mo

To investors, some of the homebuilding stocks now look like the fantasy McMansions of their dreams.In the past six months, KB Home (KBH) went up more than 70%; D.R. Horton (DHI) cli

Editor's Note: This is part 1 of a multi-part series. See part 2 here.A few weeks ago I first used the term “statistical recovery” to describe the nature of today’s economic environ

Last night I felt like I was on Gilligan’s Island -- that's how long my commute home last night took. The other downer was that I most definitely wasn’t sitting next to Gin

One to watch: Clorox (CLX) may not be an obvious name to get the pulses racing on a Monday morning, but if the market’s recent dizzying rally has you clamoring for caution, it commands attentio