The three major US stock indexes shrugged off record foreclosures and rising unemployment figures to finish the day with mixed results. Read More

US stocks plummeted today on news that jobless claims for the week of August 30 rose by about 15,000. Lower oil prices did little to bolster investor sentiment, instead serving as a reminder of the weakening US economy and pushing share prices of energy producers even lower. Read More

US stocks finished the day mixed after share prices of commodity prices once again weighed on the markets. Read More

Will the stock market ever recover? Where is the bottom for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 or the Nasdaq Composite--which hasn’t recovered since the last market blowup at the start of this decade--and when will we reach it? Read More

US stocks leapt out of the gate today to handsome gains, but declines among share prices of commodity producers proved too much to overcome, pulling the three major indexes into the red. Read More

US stocks slumped ahead of the holiday weekend, as the Commerce Dept issued data showing a drop in both personal spending and income. Disappointing second-quarter earnings at PC maker Dell (NSDQ: GS) caused investor sentiment to deteriorate further. Read More

US stocks posted handsome gains today, as the government issued revised statistics showing that the economy expanded at a faster rate in the second quarter than previously estimated. Read More

It's one thing to point out problems and challenges in the markets; it's another to come up with answers. In this issue, we're the answer men. Read More

You don't need to hear that the stock market has been toxic for your portfolio over the past year. But we will tell you that there are alternatives to stocks, investments you should buy because they've been working and will continue to work in the months to come. Read More

Raw materials stocks have outperformed every other sector on the planet over the last five years, so it's no surprise they needed a breather. Read More