The world’s wealthiest man turns 54 this morning with his net worth having been boosted by the past week’s jump into Windows 7. By contrast, jumping out of windows was the order of the da

There wasn’t a lot of news today but investors were happy to take stocks to new year-to-date highs while waiting for the bulk of earnings announcements later in the week. The S&P 500 hit a

For a third straight session stocks ended in the black, as did black gold with oil gaining 4.6%. The yellow metal itself got up over $1,000 intraday, an 18-month high, but our greenback could use buc

Economic data stole the show today as the ISM Manufacturing Index reading and Construction Spending both came in better than expected. For the ISM index it printed a reading of 48.9 compared to estim

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Yesterday, we discussed the possibility of Caterpillar (CAT) having a positive effect on the market; today, it stole the show. The company reported better-than-expected earnings -- or so we thin

Turnaround Tuesday continues to solidify itself as a trading cliché with some real statistical reality. A Friday option-expiration high -- following a post-expiration sell-off that exceeded a

Today was a sleepy, uneventful trading session. The market had a ziz-zag trading pattern and seemed to search for a theme all day.Even though the S&P and DJIA closed higher on the day, weakn

Why does the Apple (AAPL) iPod enjoy a 71% share of the MP3 player market while Microsoft’s (MSFT) Zune limp along with a paltry 4%? The fellows from Cupertino unload about a quarter of a milli

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