Stocks tumbled on Wednesday in a broad sell-off, sending the benchmark S&P 500 lower for a fourth straight day, erasing October gains.   Read More

October is here and the kickoff to earnings season is just around the corner with Alcoa set to report next week.  Here are the Top 20 stocks in the S&P 500 with the greatest expected year-on-year analyst growth forecasts.   Read More

After hours the traders poured over Nike earnings, looking for insights into Wednesday’s market action as well as trading opportunities.   Read More

With new data showing that consumers are unlikely to help spark growth anytime soon, can the market sustain its recent gains?   Read More

If you think the housing market is on the brink of turning corner, you might want to think again. We may not even be close!   Read More

Housing stocks are again the downside leader today, what's up? This has been a tough week for homebuilding and building material stocks. In less than two days, some big names are down double digits.   Read More

Stocks are at a pivotal point that has some traders looking for a pullback but others afraid to be caught short.    Read More

Better economic news keeps biting into the dollar, and it could for awhile. That trend is also propelling stocks, and on Monday, the S&P 500, the Dow and Nasdaq all closed sharply higher. They also all cracked big round numbers, with the Dow finishing up 1.25 percent higher at 9286, its first close above 9200 since November.   Read More

Unemployment hit 8.9 percent in April and some predict that number could climb over 10 percent in 2009 as major companies further streamline operations to combat the recession.  While some industries are more labor intensive than others, employee productivity is a key measure that managers and investors look at when evaluating performance.  Take a look at which companies are squeezing the most out their shrinking workforces.   Read More

Following are the week’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Tyson Foods and Philip Morris popped while IBM and NVIDIA dropped.   Read More