CEOs aren't just stuffed suits — they can be quite funny. A few of them set out to prove it last night at Caroline's. There were real-estate jokes, Bernie Madoff jokes — let's face it, this year gave them a lot to work with!   Read More

Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve kept its federal funds rate unchanged in a range of zero to 0.25 percent, and said the economy "continued to pick up" since its last meeting. Robert Barbera, chief economist at ITG shared his insights on how this impacts the financials and the economy.    Read More

What do you do with a former bank branch? Real-estate agents are getting creative. But here's the good news ...   Read More

How should investors be positioning their portfolios for the new week and new month? Alan Valdes, vice president of Kabrik Trading, and Charles Bobrinskoy, vice chairman and director of research at Ariel Investments,  shared their insights.    Read More

Banking analyst Stuart Plesser at Standard & Poor’s says he is still betting on Bank of America, even though the firm’s shares have lost 10 percent of their value in the past week. He explained his outlook for the company.   Read More

If the market continues at its current pace since the March lows, it could hit 1,280 on the S&P by the end of the year, said Laszlo Birinyi Jr., president of Birinyi Associates. He shared his market insights.    Read More

"I really believe that the industry has bottomed, that we're not going to see further crashes in home prices or in home sales," banking analyst Dick Bove told CNBC.   Read More

Stocks opened lower on Thursday after Citigroup and Goldman Sachs posted earnings that beat expectations, but fell short of investor hopes. Jack Ablin, CIO of Harris Private Bank, discussed the earnings numbers and the sector going forward.    Read More

JPMorgan Chase reported sharply higher third-quarter results that blew past Wall Street expectations. Jeffery Harte, managing director of equity research at Sandler O’Neill, shared his analysis of the financial giant.    Read More

Camden Fine, CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America, said the 1,200 to 1,500 community banks that deal directly with agriculture could be the next to struggle, due to inflated commodities and farmland prices.   Read More