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

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

Maria Bartiromo will be hosting a special edition of Closing Bell today live from the CME Global Financial Leadership Conference in Naples, Florida and will get rare and exclusive access to Paul Volcker, Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve.    Read More

Stocks surrendered earlier earnings-fueled gains on Friday as investors began to lock in some profits. So where should you put your investment dollars now? Brian Place, president of Place Financial Advisors, and Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak, discussed their market outlooks.   Read More

Pros say there is little to stop the dollar decline until US officials start curbing deficits or the Fed starts boosting interest rates.    Read More

Fed chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a big speech yesterday and never mentioned the beleaguered dollar. Not once. This is just incredible — beyond the pale. And so for now, the story remains the same: Gold and commodities continue to boom, while the greenback plunges further.    Read More

Intel's earnings beat should help stocks Wednesday but focus will quickly shift to J.P. Morgan's report, ahead of the opening bell.   Read More

The positive side of the weak greenback story should show up this week, as a parade of multinationals report earnings.   Read More

It doesn't make sense to me. We have a war in Afghanistan, one in Iraq, still no hope for peace in the Middle East, and Iran is boiling its nuclear reactors. Now we have the Nobel Peace Prize? I know it's not really my place to comment since we all have our own opinions, but if C.C. Sabathia doesn't get the Cy Young award — and I know that guy in Kansas City had a better ERA, but the Yankees are in the playoffs — then I might think about changing parties.    Read More

Can the bulls can generate enough momentum to drive the Dow over 10,000 next week, or are they're about to be sidelined by the dollar?   Read More