Barclays topped the UK's FTSE-100 briefly Tuesday morning, rising nearly 3 percent, after its share price target was raised by Deutsche Bank.   Read More

The UK's Financial Services Authority released details of its banking stress-test methodology on Thursday. I’m a big fan of stress-testing myself (in the form of sport rather than economics) and this weekend I face my toughest stress test to date: my first-ever half ironman.   Read More

The Lightning Round is extended in this CNBC.com exclusive feature.   Read More

Bernanke is scoring big points on Wall Street for his 60 Minutes interview last night - his belief that the recession may end this year, but more importantly he laid out why stabilizing the financial sector is critical and why the government needs to continue to maintain a VERY aggressive approach to the crisis.    Read More

A big pharmaceutical deal is doing nothing to help stocks pre-open. Once again stocks overseas are being led down by banks.    Read More

The Lightning Round is extended in this CNBC.com exclusive feature.   Read More

Yesterday's late-day spike as Mr. Lockhart floated a trial balloon of help for home owners is, according to the few bulls around, a sign that there is just as much risk on the upside as the downside.    Read More

The Lightning Round is extended in this CNBC.com exclusive feature.   Read More

The four-day rally in the S&P 500, the first since November, is in jeopardy today.    Read More

Following are the day's biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Home Depot and Wellpoint popped while Legg Mason and Novartis dropped.    Read More