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• Morici: Trade Deficit Causes Jobless Recovery Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 10:34 AM ET

  

  President Obama is seeking to double exports, through marketing programs and new free trade deals. However worthy those initiatives may be, doubling exports does no good if imports double too. By increasing the trade gap, more open trade policies would increase the drag on growth and jobs creation.

• Kilduff: Is Oil Heading To $200? Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 10:24 AM ET

  

  Several newsworthy events, recently, represent the dots that the oil market may begin to connect to produce a significant event driven price spike in prices - potentially driving crude oil prices upwards of $200 per barrel.

• Kaminsky's Call: Is the Fed Headed Toward Another Mistake in Policy? Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 9:37 AM ET

  

  Take the news of the Fed announcement, should it follow this dovish direction, and not look at it is a positive stimulus to the economy, but as a detrimental decision that will hold negative ramifications and here's why.

• Stock Futures Fall; Market Awaits Fed Meeting Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 8:59 AM ET

  Stock index futures were lower Tuesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, which market watchers expect will lead to new measures to ease monetary policy.

• Has Doom and Gloom Jumped the Shark? Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 7:50 AM ET

  

  Turn on Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show' and you may see a cameo of Dr. Doom Noriel Roubini sitting in a supply closet. Check out the New York Times' Tuesday edition and you'll see a big feature on the new credence ­- and cache - that markets are giving to dire predictions.

• Analyst Watch: Acme Packet Has Room to Run Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 7:43 AM ET

  Here's what analysts and others say they're watching before the bell Tuesday.

• Will US Slip Back Into Recession? Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 7:38 AM ET

  

  Some say we're still there. What do you think? Share your opinion.

• Greenberg: Buyback Announcement May Not Cure Amedisys Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 5:54 AM ET

  Just because a company loses more than half its value, as has been the case with Amedisys in recent months, doesn't mean it can't go lower.

• Only Cure for Slump Is a Slump: Strategist Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 5:42 AM ET

  Talk of stimulus spending simply delaying an inevitable crash is rife and one strategist said that what the market needs is a good, old-fashioned fall in prices to clean up the system.

• Armageddon Sells: Permabears Now Becoming Cool Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 4:48 AM ET

  

  In many smart-money circles, listening to bears has become fashionable, the NY Times reports.

• Tuesday Look Ahead: Fed Next Move A Hot Topic for Markets Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | 12:02 AM ET

  

  What the Fed will say in its Tuesday statement is at the heart of a debate among Wall Street's deeply-divided economists over what steps, if any, the central bank will take.

• Global Stocks: Asia Emerges Monday, 9 Aug 2010 | 10:39 PM ET

  

  With money managers increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for global economic growth, more are looking for emerging markets in Asia to outperform.

• Are Small-Cap Companies Ripe for Buyouts? Monday, 9 Aug 2010 | 6:03 PM ET

  Credit Suisse analysts have noted that cash and short-term investments as a percentage of assets and market cap is at its highest level among large corporations in the last 20 years.  It could signal a coming M&A boom.

• Stocks Gain Ahead of Fed Meeting; HP Falls Monday, 9 Aug 2010 | 5:07 PM ET

  Stocks gained Monday amid light volume as investors hung back to await news from the Federal Reserve meeting on Tuesday. Shares of Hewlett-Packard plunged nearly 8 percent.

• Markets May Fall 25% in Next 2 Years: Chief Investor Monday, 9 Aug 2010 | 4:17 PM ET

  Stocks gained on Monday, but Daniel Niles, co-CIO of Alpha One Capital Partners, warned investors that there might be some market headwinds ahead.

• Mark Hurd Departs HP: Market-Watchers Weigh In Monday, 9 Aug 2010 | 3:57 PM ET

  Since Hewlett-Packard's CEO Mark Hurd stepped down Friday, speculation has whirled about on everything from how the company will fare without him, how many millions he'll reap in severance and other perks and the exact details leading to his departure, after HP said he had falsified expense reports to conceal a relationship with a female contractor, who accused him of sexual harassment.

• Stocks Rise As Investors Await Fed Meeting Monday, 9 Aug 2010 | 3:35 PM ET

  Stocks gained Monday as investors continued to find reasons to support the market, although trading was light as most investors awaited news from the Federal Reserve's meeting on Tuesday.

• Real Estate: Up The Down Staircase Monday, 9 Aug 2010 | 1:08 PM ET

  

  Whether the housing market is in another free-fall or not, just the thought of a double dip is forcing real estate investors to re-think how and where they spend their money. And maybe even if they should spend it at all.

• Fixed Income: Low Down Monday, 9 Aug 2010 | 1:07 PM ET

  

  With interest rates at or near historic lows, you may think it is time to flee the bond market. Don't. "Despite the talk of a bond bubble or a bond bear market, it’s not the end of the world for a diversified investor," says one market watcher.

• Dow to Hit 12,000 Before Year-End: Portfolio Manager Monday, 9 Aug 2010 | 1:07 PM ET

  Stocks rose across all sectors on Monday, led by telecom, utilities and consumer staples. Paul Schatz, president of Heritage Capital and Eugene Peroni, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Advisors Asset Management discussed their market insights.