Consumers should have more left in their wallet when they finish shopping for their Thanksgiving feast this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual price survey. Read More
The so-called 'risk trade', where the dollar moves lower while risk assets like stocks and commodities move higher, may be unwinding. Retail earnings season continues with JC Penny reporting. Read More
In extended trade, shares of Disney surged as much as 4% after the Mouse House topped Street forecasts. What must you know before you trade this stock on Friday? Read More
Find out how a number of people may have embarrassed themselves after Walmart’s earnings call. Plus, women’s importance to job creation and GDP. Read More
For the third day, stocks are drifting around. What matters is strength in the dollar and inventory builds in crude oil, both of which are pressuring stocks. Read More
Wal-Mart Stores posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday. John Lawrence, managing director of equity research at Morgan Keegan shared his earnings analysis on the firm. Read More
Last week consumer credit for the month of September was reported and fell by -$14.8 billion. That marked the eighth consecutive month the consumer pulled in his/her horns. Consumers apparently continue to believe they are too highly leveraged and are working to pay down debt. Read More
The Mortgage Bankers Association said weekly purchases fell 11.7 percent to the lowest level since December 2000. Blame it on the homebuyer tax credit uncertainty, or maybe not. This, while 30-year fixed rate mortgages are below 5 percent. Read More