Author: Jennifer Leigh Parker

Despite the fever-pitch hype over Facebook’s IPO, confidence in the company’s chief executive as a steward of the public tech giant is lacking.

The head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition, Alexis Tsipras, told CNBC Thursday he will "go as far as I can" to keep Greece in the euro zone despite declaring earlier this week that the Greek bailout agreement is “null and void” and should be abandoned.

Two new studies show Americans drastically underestimate how much they will spend out-of-pocket on health-care costs during retirement, estimated to total $240,000. 

The financial hurdles of student loans, a weak housing market, and high unemployment are shaping this generation’s savings rate, with no end-date guarantee.

More so than real estate or even stocks, investors call gold the "best investment” according to CNBC’s latest All-America Economic Survey.

The bond market is at a turning point, say portfolio managers, as interest rates start rising and inflation shows signs of reviving.

The US economy is "in danger of becoming a carbon copy of European nations" because of President Obama's "big-government" policies, GOP contender Mitt Romney told CNBC Wednesday.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is feeling confident ahead of Super Tuesday, primarily based on support for his energy plan for $2.50 gasoline prices.

Europe’s banking system is on the brink — and Wall Street is its bedfellow.  So what does Wall Street want out of Europe's most elite economic confab? Skiing, distressed debt deals, and above all: solvency.