CNBC's Robert Frank reports on "the wealth effect," saying a new study finds housing drives people's spending much more than stocks. Phil Tibi, Cambridge Properties realtor, offers insight on housing listings in Phoenix, Arizona. "The buyers are certainly back," says Tibi.
CNBC's Seema Mody reports the latest in tech, including news that Apple is dragging down the Nasdaq and Amazon's acquisition of Ivona, a speech-recognition software company.
The way the World Economic Forum has been covered by the media has changed drastically since its beginnings in 1971. Now, you don't even have to attend the annual meeting to know who's making news on the ground.
California's Gov. Jerry Brown says the state will not only end the fiscal year in June without a deficit, but will have a $1 billion surplus in the next year, reports CNBC's Jane Wells.
Oil resumes its march higher. Is $100 oil around the corner? Oil rises on positive Chinese and U.S. economic data, with CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis and the Futures Now Traders.
Jim Grant discusses the bond market's next move and looks at the possibility of a bond selloff, with CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis and the Futures Now Traders.
Doug Kass on Apple's next move after the stock plunges 10 percent following earnings. The man who called the plunge on his next move, with CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis and the Futures Now Traders, Rich Ilczyszyn at the CME and Anthony Grisanti at the Nymex.
CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports some airline stocks are drifting higher; while CNBC's Tyler Mathisen reports defense stocks are taking a hit, saying Lockheed Martin projects weaker sales in 2013.
The widely followed publisher of Grant's Interest Rate Observer explains why stocks look more attractive than bonds now, with CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis and the Futures Now Traders.
CNBC's Jon Fortt offers a preview of Microsoft before it reports Q2 earnings after today's closing bell; and Yun Kim, Janney Montgomery Scott, and Michael Farr, Farr, Miller & Washington, offer insight on how to play the stock.
Steve Milunovich, UBS analyst, explains why he cut the price target on Apple for the second time this week, yet still retains a "buy" on the stock. "They have to find more ways to monetize" their ecosystem, Milunovich added. The FMHR traders, weigh in.
Anthony Scaramucci, SkyBridge Capital reveals how some of the world's biggest investors are playing their bets, including the trade on Apple and Research in Motion. And, a currency trade on the euro/U.S. dollar, with Andy Busch, The Busch Update editor-in-chief.
With Microsoft releasing earnings after the bell on Thursday, top traders Stephanie Link and Stephen Weiss debate whether this stock is a big value or just a big value trap.