If you were to book a room for two for February 5 through 8, 2010 -- the weekend of next year's Super Bowl -- at Miami’s Marriott’s (MAR) Villas at Doral, which is 11.3 miles away from th

The S&P 500 is on its strongest streak in a month, with upbeat economic and earnings updates sending the index higher for a fourth successive session. Gold was good for another record though it w

The market for timeshares, that odd sliver of the luxury vacation business that has more or less flourished since the 1970s, has never been worse. Americans now own 1.5 million timeshares around the

A year after the leprosy of Lehman and assorted other ominous anniversaries, stocks ended the week at 11-month highs. Market action was moving and anything but average as the S&P 500 rose 20% abo

Minyan Morning Memo One to watch: Shares of InterContinental Hotels (IHG) are retreating after the world’s largest hotel operator announced second quarter earnings early this morning. The

The title of an abysmal Gen-X movie more than a decade ago sums it up in 2 words: Reality bites. No whining here, save for my ongoing embarrassment at buying a movie featuring both Ethan Ha

Dear Professor Zucchi,I know this is probably a redundant question, but when do you think reality will realign itself and the Proshares Ultrashort Real Estate (SRS) show some upward spunk?I read your

You can’t get good Chinese takeout in China and Cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That’s all you need to know about communism.- P.J. O’Rourke The Cuban Assets Control Regulations (

Hey, room service, where are those stolen documents? In New York, the US Attorney's Office is looking into allegations that Hilton Hotels spied on Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT), pilfering propr

Let's face it: Men are required by convention to do most of the heavy lifting around Valentine's Day, mostly to make up for all the things they've done, or will do, the remaining 364 days of the year