Initial unemployment claims dropped a surprising amount. The four week moving average dropped 10,000 to 606,000. While only one week's number, let's still take an encouraging moment and hope that we might be entering a better phase of the economy.   Read More

Here’s a hint: Communists are better free-market players than capitalists these days.   Read More

Earlier this week the big natural gas ETF, the U.S. Natural Gas Fund (UNG), announced that it was suspending the issuance of new shares. Why did this happen?    Read More

Plus, Cramer makes the call on cap-and-trade and states his bullish case for the markets and the economy.   Read More

With apologies to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, The Boys of Summer (Don Henley) are gathered once again for their annual G8 summer clam bake, so let's crank up the tunes...   Read More

Stock futures are up modestly on better-than-expected jobless claims data and Alcoa’s smaller-than-expected loss.    Read More

Here’s how the president can put us back on track.   Read More

Futures trade in a fairly tight range this morning ahead of a key 10-year Treasury note auction around 1pm ET today and the earnings season kickoff this afternoon with Dow component Alcoa reporting results after the close.    Read More

Plus, the Mad Money host reacts to the Justice Department's probe into telecom.   Read More

As the summer wears on and discontent grows, I expect calls will be louder and louder for additional stimulus from Congressional Democrats to put more Americans to work.   Read More