Yahoo shares rose more than 6 percent Wednesday as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo’s search business.

The market may be headed south, but that doesn't mean your portfolio has to follow suit.  To give investors an edge, CNBC asked the market experts for their best stock picks now.

“We think this continues to be a very fertile place for solid capital gains over the next 12 months," one stock picker says of the steel industry.

It was an ugly first half for the stock market and now that the goal posts have been moved for the economic recovery, expect a rough game in the second half.

More and more U.S. investors are moving money across the pond, looking for opportunities within the European Union which  makes up 25 percent of the total global stock market capitalization of around $55 trillion.

By anyone's reckoning, it was a rough week.  Crude oil continued its relentless climb; banks and brokerages gave hints of more discouraging news; government data pointed to a weak economy; even strong companies like Nike, Oracle, and Research In Motion issued cautious guidance; and Federal Reserve policymakers, widely perceived as powerless to help, left interest rates unchanged.  But all week, even through the worst of the market's sell-offs, CNBC guests offered

Ahead of the Fed's decision on Wednesday, the market pros shared stock picks with CNBC.

Stocks edged higher ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision today, and CNBC asked the experts whether it would cut, hike or hold interest rates.

Energy concerns weighed heavily on Wall Street on Tuesday. What follows are the day's video highlights.

To help investors through this volatile market environment, CNBC asked the experts for their best trades now.

Rising oil prices and concerns about the financial sector sent stocks lower on Monday.

To give investors an edge, CNBC asked the experts for their best trades now.

CNBC's John Harwood; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, economic policy advisor to John McCain; and NJ Governor John Corzine discuss McCain and Obama's divergent plans for the economy and meeting America's energy needs.

Almost everywhere they looked during the week, investors saw red ink flowing. But CNBC guests worked hard to find bright spots in the murk.

To help investors prepare their portfolios for next week, CNBC asked the market experts for their best stock picks now.