Author: John Melloy

There are plenty of reasons Facebook's IPO had a disappointing debut on Friday, but new information is emerging on why the stock selloff nearly turned into a run on Monday.   Read More

The price action in Facebook may be a bit of a letdown, but check out the volume. It's record-setting.   Read More

After an IPO, insiders and major holders normally have to wait 180 days to sell shares. But that's not the case with Facebook.   Read More

Wall Street strategists are the most negative they've been on stocks since the bull market began more than three years ago. But many traders actually see it as a contrarian sign to invest in the market.   Read More

The S&P 500 Index could be headed for a drop of more than 20 percent because of a coming spike in volatility, according to a notable chart analyst from Citigroup.   Read More

Following the resignation of Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson under the ‘Resume-gate’ pressure applied by Dan Loeb, investors see a share buyback in short order and then a more difficult value-creation process ending in the sale of its Asian assets & an eventual merger, possibly by former suitor Microsoft.    Read More

There’s an old Wall Street maxim that the so-called dumb money trades early and the smart money comes in later. Trading by that phrase has made one quite a bit of money this week.   Read More

On the surface, one would hardly take the outcome of the elections in Greece as a buy signal. But many investors are doing just that.   Read More

Recent violent drops in stocks such as Green Mountain, Chesapeake Energy and Netflix are tempting value investors to go against one of the oldest sayings on Wall Street: “Don’t try to catch a falling knife.”   Read More

Companies are looking for ways to spend their cash—whether in dividends or acquisitions, according to a CNBC analysis of recent conference calls after earnings.   Read More