The latest inflation number for the UK economy is punchy. The analysts were looking for CPI at a little over 2.5 percent - the annualized figure as delivered is 3 percent. April came in at 0.8 percent. Food and energy prices are making it hard for the Bank of England to cut interest rates. This should be supportive for the British pound. But the market smells blood.   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

The Bank of England's financial stability report was vague enough on timing and specifics to avoid being seen as a market call on the financials - but that is how some are reading it.   Read More

Don't expect clarity when Deutsche Bank publishes it latest earnings figures Tuesday morning.   Read More

Nobody should be surprised by the talk about a cash-raising exercise at RBS. The real question is why it is taking so long for the banks to acknowledge the continued deterioration in the quality of the assets they own.   Read More

As far as Wall Street is concerned, this region will never be a long-term investment. But that won’t stop the occasional wave of interest from reaching a feverish pitch. Don’t be fooled, Cramer says.    Read More

... Burlesque in one Act by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission   Read More

In a beaten-down market, any signs of buying fuels excessive exuberance on the trading floor. But hey, getting you to buy is the job of brokers and that's why they sing the sell-side rap.   Read More

Was he pushed? Was he tired? Was he running out of ideas? Was he the wrong man to steer the ship through an economic slowdown? Some analysts say more cost cutting needs to be done, and the BT CEO has not been aggressive enough.    Read More

Here we are in the grip of this latest financial market crisis, trying to dig ourselves out from underneath the slippery remnants of yet another burst speculative bubble, checking for scabs and bruises AND trying to diagnose the disaster. It's tulips all over again. Lemme explain ...   Read More