US Bancorp is the latest Cramer-recommended bank to enter the M&A market.    Read More

Once more, it's the noise coming from Washington Wednesday that could drive markets. Hope that the bill would be resuscitated before the end of the week is sending stocks higher.    Read More

Tuesday promises more treachery for investors as they navigate markets held captive by politicians and the promise of a rapidly faltering economy.   Read More

He told Mad Money viewers everything was OK. Two weeks later, his bank ceased to exist.   Read More

The TARP plan is Chapter One of Part Two of the Great Credit Meltdown book. Part One was the Ad Hoc Solution Phase, which was a failure: the attempts to deal with the problem case-by-case, starting with Bear Stearns.    Read More

Did you hear the joke about the Wall Street CEO who made as much as $20 million for 18 days of work?  Oh, sorry, it’s not a joke!  Alan Fishman got a $7 million signing bonus for agreeing to take the helm of troubled Washington Mutual and he’s in line to get another $13 million in severance now that JPMorgan Chase will likely fire him after its acquisition of WaMu.    Read More

It was bailout or bust for the markets , but now that Congress has reached agreement on the $700 billion package the focus will shift to the weak economy.   Read More

The state of the financial markets' bailout and the credit crunch are dual concerns for investors in the week ahead.    Read More

Maria Bartiromo discusses Friday's top business and financial stories, and looks ahead to Monday's events.    Read More

If you can't read a balance sheet, then leave investing to the professionals.   Read More