Author: Robert Hum

What Would it Take for Facebook to Eclipse Visa's Record IPO?   Read More

Gold gave up all of its 2012 gains Monday, as the U.S. dollar strengthened for the eleventh consecutive session and posted its longest winning streak since August 2008.   Read More

Although the stock has recovered some of its losses today, where can investors turn to if they want to protect themselves from a continued downturn in Apple?   Read More

U.S. stocks are on track for their second consecutive week of losses, with the S&P 500 and Dow down about 2.3 percent in that period.     Read More

Facebook's final private market transaction has priced on SecondMarket at $43.50, a record for the private market exchange. That figure values the company at about $109 billion.    Read More

Since March 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has recovered about 84 percent of its losses during the financial crisis, while the S&P 500 index has erased about 78 percent of its bear-market losses.   Read More

The S&P Tech sector is showing another shade of its glory days. For the first time since the tech bubble popped back in 2000, technology companies have reclaimed a hefty 20 percent weighting in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.    Read More

The S&P Tech sector is showing another shade of its glory days. For the first time since the tech bubble popped back in 2000, technology companies have reclaimed a hefty 20 percent weighting in the S&P 500 index.   Read More

While this week’s rise toward 13,000 may be reminiscent of April 2007, today’s Dow Jones Industrial Average is quite different in composition than the average that hit that level nearly five years ago.   Read More

With the Dow approaching 13,000 again, perhaps one interesting topic for debate is whether the Dow or the S&P 500 is a better investment?    Read More