On a week where the Dow closes above 10K, gold tops $1,100 and unemployment hits 10.2%, the markets shrug off negative data to end the week up over 3%. Read More
The Fast Money crew likes Wal-Mart, even more so after a recent breakout from a triangle formation — a very bullish indicator for the retailer. Read More
While the stock market is cheering easy money, the cheering is very short-sighted. I wouldn’t buck the tape, but I regard the Fed’s policy as a storm cloud over stocks and the future economy. Read More
Chartologists, including Greg Troccoli, are seeing a head-and-shoulders formation taking hold on the S&P today. Is it signaling a market reversal? Read More
Stocks jumped on Wednesday on positive economic data. Now, investors are waiting to hear from the Fed at 2:15pm. Will they confirm or deny the rally? Read More
The best way for the Federal Reserve to smoothly exit from its current stance on monetary policy is to make it more a process than an event, says bond expert Tony Crescenzi. Read More
The markets traded to the downside on Tuesday despite Warren Buffett's big Burlington Northern bet this morning. What's taking us lower and where can you put money to work? Read More
Stocks opened lower on Tuesday, following a topsy-turvy session on Monday where markets staged a late rally. How should you be positioning your portfolios? Ernie Ankrim, senior markets advisor at Russell Investments and Anita Clemons, vice president and manager of investments at Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company shared their market insights. Read More
The recent volatility in the markets is perplexing after what has been a very good quarter for earnings and a very good quarter for US economic growth. As my friends in the music industry say, "What's up with that?" Why are we experiencing this and what does it mean for the rest of the quarter? Read More