Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, best known for chronicling the rich in The Great Gatsby, supposedly said to Ernest Hemingway, “The rich are different than you and me.”To which Hemingway rep

Stocks stopped to catch their breath after recent robust rallies, but the Dow did post a fifth straight gain to end at its best level since October of ‘08. For the market overall, optimistic in

How is the consumer feeling?Not so great, it turns out.We learned this week that the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) slipped to 47.7 this month from 53.4 last month. Consumers’ perceptions of c

The mainstream press still looks enthralled with the story of the alleged fraud at Galleon and the technically meaningless milestone of the Dow busting through 10,000.But here at the ‘Ville, we

Cookie magazine, Conde Nast's bible for fashion-centric parents, folded this fall, but the party was already over. Unlike the days of anything goes lofty excess, in today's more down-to-earth parenta

Exactly twelve months after its first close below 10,000 in almost four years, changed days indeed for the Dow. Amid seventieth birthday celebrations for The Wizard of Oz equities were all emerald ci

Stocks laughed all the way to the big banks as Goldman’s upgrade of the sector saw a four-day slide end in emphatic fashion. Innerwear outfit Hanesbrands (HBI) (+12.05%) and Victoria&

A year after investors lost their shirts, a bank paid $132 million to outfit a soccer team. Modest gains helped many major markets hit fresh ‘09 highs; the ghosts of twelve months ago are obvio

“Going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married”… hold that thought! Wedding bells are ringing, but not for me. I’m coming to the age where my friends are starting to

Stocks rose for a fifth straight session, continuing their steady reign on the day Daniel Craig, aka James Bond, began Broadway previews of A Steady Rain. Indeed bonds everywhere showed strength afte