Stock Market

Are You a Victim of the Big Investment Con?

Dan Solin | Posted 07.07.2009 | Business


Dan Solin

2009-07-08-solin222.jpg If you think you're going to get rich investing in the stock market, you are a victim of the biggest investing con.

Post-Recession Investing: Have The Market's Glory Days Disapeared Forever?

U.S. News & World Report | Kirk Shinkle | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business


With a little luck, the economy and the stock market should hit bottom sometime this year. In fact, there's a chance that both already have, although ...

Half-Time Economic Update: Are You Smoking Green Shoots?

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business


Jill Schlesinger

Avoiding financial calamity is a good thing and it does appear that the global economy is past the worst point in the cycle, but a self-sustained recovery is not necessarily in the bag.

Debt, Inflation and the Stock Market

Alan Schram | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business


Alan Schram

It should be obvious to all that we can't get out from under our mountain of debt through spending.

AIG Proposed Reverse Stock Split: Shareholders Should Vote This Down as a No-Brainer

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business


Michael Russnow

This 1:20 split smells, to me, a bit too rancid for the ordinary shareholders, not to mention the U.S. public who are hoping to recover their investment.

Summer of '09: 'Grim' and Bear It

Dan Dorfman | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

In recent weeks, as the market stalled, investors have gone back on a starvation diet. So what's next? If this past week is any indication, look for a resumption of financial heartburn.

This Is Your Brain On Wall Street

N. E. Marsden | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business


N. E. Marsden

Pioneers in the field of neurofinance are searching for the right neurococktail of emotion and logic for today's fast-paced electronic marketplace.

Smart Investor Makeover: The Risk of Not Knowing Your Risk (Video)

Dan Solin | Posted 06.17.2009 | Business


Dan Solin

2009-06-17-solin3.jpg When investors got clobbered in 2008, the most common lament was: "I had no idea I could lose that much in the market."

How Now Schizophrenic Dow?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

Oil is going up, interest rates are going up and unemployment will go --- all bad things --- and yet they're not killing the market. One money manager says that means the upward trend remains intact.

Yes, Your Favorite Money Manager Is Probably Just Lucky

Henry Blodget | Posted 06.09.2009 | Business


Henry Blodget

Your money manager has walloped the market by 5% per year for the past 10 years, so he's obviously a genius, right? Actually, no. He had a 1-in-5 chance of doing that just by throwing darts.

Calling All Stock Market Gluttons

Dan Dorfman | Posted 06.03.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

Veteran San Francisco money manager Gary Wollin expects a "buying panic" -- a veritable flood of new stock purchases -- to kick off any day now and push the equity market appreciably higher.

The Trouble with Markets

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business


Michael J. Panzner

In recent months, the spread between short and long-term bond yields has increased significantly, hitting record extremes. Many market-watchers believ...

How To Live On $0 A Day: Where To Put Your Remaining Assets

Lesley Stern | Posted 05.29.2009 | Comedy


Lesley Stern

Many banks won't accept deposits of less than $100. Those that do tend to get a little uppity when presented with a deposit in 20 lbs. of rolled pennies.

5th-Graders Pick Winning Stocks

AP | Posted 05.27.2009 | Business


NEENAH, Wis. — If your stock portfolio isn't performing as well as you'd like, maybe you could hand it over to these fifth-graders. Four student...

How the Enron Disaster Could Have Been Avoided

Ryan Mack | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business


Ryan Mack

Employees are now burdened with the responsibility of planning for their own retirement since defined contribution plans became the norm.

It's a Lot of Money

Amy Domini | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business


Amy Domini

Government continues to be surprisingly effective in fighting the economic battle, in creatively looking at ways to tax, to incentivize good behavior, and in raising America's reputation abroad.

Wall Street's Mad Dash for Trash

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.13.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

The market bottom, contrary to renewed market enthusiasm stemming from the recent rally, still remains a long way off.

Neurofinance: Gaming the Human Brain?

N. E. Marsden | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business


N. E. Marsden

Wall Street has come up with a new twist on "insider trading": brain science. Neuroeconomics and Neurofinance give new meaning to the term "Pandora's Box."

Can 'Chewing Gum Rally' Stick?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

Hey, maybe I need a new pair of eyeglasses. The last time I looked, the financial scene appeared unmistakably cloudy and ominous. Not so to Wall Street's bulls.

Stocks end higher as Fed sees recession easing

AP | TIM PARADIS and MADLEN READ | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — The Fed confirmed what Wall Street has already concluded: The recession is starting to ease. Federal Reserve policymakers said at th...

Bernanke, Paulson should be charged with securities violations

Diane Francis | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business


Diane Francis

The Wall Street Journal story today reveals that the Bank of America's CEO claims he was told by Bernanke and Paulson to remain silent about the disas...

Ah So, China Is the Way to Go

Dan Dorfman | Posted 04.22.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

What are the best ways to play China and other Asian markets, which should also benefit handsomely from the Chinese rebound?

Harry Potter's Five Steps to Courage

Tom Morris | Posted 04.20.2009 | Living


Tom Morris

Who would have guessed that the world's most popular fictional wizard could teach us all a thing or two, or five, about courage, change, and dealing with daunting challenge?

Post-Madoff: The Final Insult

Dan Dubno | Posted 04.20.2009 | Comedy


Dan Dubno

We have collectively weathered the Bernie Madoff fraud, the debauchery at AIG, the insolvency of Fannie Mae, I found the overall approach of this latest financial offer more troubling than usual.

Wall Street tumbles as investors dump financials

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Investors are back to worrying about banks. Long-present unease about soured loans bubbled over on Monday after Bank of America Corp...