Plus, get calls on biotech, retail and more.   Read More

Plus, get calls on health care, the banks and more.   Read More

One stock in particular should benefit now that Washington’s plans are coming into focus.   Read More

Five-star fund manager Steven Romick of First Pacific Advisors criticized the level of government intervention in General Motors.    Read More

100 days have now passed since President Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus bill into law.  Signed less than a month into his administration, the stimulus package provides notable investments into infrastructure/construction, renewable fuels/alternative energy, farming/agriculture, and healthcare.   Read More

Even though Warren Buffett always says he likes stocks more when they're cheaper, he didn't do a lot of buying as Wall Street's major indexes fell to their bear-market lows (so far) in early March.  Berkshire Hathaway's first quarter stock portfolio snapshot shows no blockbuster buys. A few stakes did, however, get bigger during the first three months on the year.   Read More

With all the talk about nationalized healthcare this should be the absolutely worst time to invest in HMOs, right? Not so fast!   Read More

Around lunchtime on Wednesday the S&P 500 was trading around  870 – a level that some traders believe could be a point of resistance for stocks. Can it break higher?   Read More

Another see-saw day for stocks; bottom line is April is mostly a sideways month, with the major indices in a fairly narrow trading range.    Read More

Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Citigroup and our parent General Electric report earnings this week. Goldman Sachs rumors of a secondary are rampant ahead of the earnings report tomorrow   Read More