When it comes to global manufacturing, Mexico is quickly emerging as the “new” China.According to corporate consultant AlixPartners, Mexico has leapfrogged China to be ranked as the cheap

The recession is over... or so says today’s GDP data. For the third quarter, Gross Domestic Product rose by 3.5%, better than the analyst forecasted 3.2%. This was the first time the econo

Stocks posted their first weekly decline since early October with unhappy anniversaries all around us; Monday marked twenty-two years since one serious slump day and the Great Depression was unoffici

Stocks rebounded sharply on upbeat earnings and economics, with Leading Indicators posting their strongest six month performance since 1983. Amazon.com’s (AMZN) after-hours surge on stella

It was a big day for the bulls as investors cheered earnings reports from Dow companies 3M (MMM), McDonald's (MCD), and Travelers (TRV). The S&P 500 finished green for the day, closing higher by

If a real-estate listing describes a house as “lovingly maintained,” it means: a) Kindly overlook the worn shag carpeting b) The appliances are 30 years out of date c) Most of the walls a

Snap those towels, boys, because Procter & Gamble (PG) will soon slap “Official Locker Room Product of the NFL” on about a dozen products, including Old Spice, Gillette, Febreze, Head

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

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