For the week ending Friday, May 9, 2008, the U.S. Markets were negative for the week, with the Dow falling more than 200 points on Wednesday, making it the biggest point drop since 4/11/08.     Read More

With its recent run-up, is it time to jump further into the financials sector? Here is a stock screen of some stocks you may want to look at.   Read More

When Apple's Steve Job's picked Israeli Yael Naim's "New Soul" for the Mac Air commercial, it wasn't the first time Silicon Valley connected with Israel.  In fact, Israel has more companies traded on the tech heavy Nasdaq than any other country outside the United States.  As Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary of statehood, here are some more facts and figures on the Israeli economy and markets...   Read More

As of Friday, 389 (just under 80%) of the S&P 500 companies have reported earnings. Here's a look at which companies have had the biggest surprises so far...   Read More

For the week ending Friday, May 9, 2008, the U.S. Markets were negative for the week, with the Dow falling more than 200 points on Wednesday, making it the biggest point drop since 4/11/08.     Read More

The major US markets had their third straight week of gains.  See the highlights from Stocks, Sectors, Commodities and Currencies...   Read More

The latest overall job loss numbers are much better than economists expected and still well below the six figure numbers seen in past recessions.  Here is a breakdown of where the job losses were as well as which sectors were adding jobs.   Read More

With the stock markets coming off their best month in a long time, should you take profits and follow the old adage "Sell in May, Go Away?"   Read More

The major US markets had one of their best months in a long time.  See the highlights from Stocks, Sectors, Commodities and Currencies...   Read More

With Fed Fund Futures indicating an ~80% probability that the Fed will cut rates 25 basis points today, here are the stocks that faired best on each of the last three rate cut days.   Read More