Why's the market up after such horrible earnings? Black gold, that's why.   Read More

This stock dips after every earnings report. Don't miss your chance.   Read More

A very mixed earnings picture in the last twelve hours. Yes, AmEx, Apple, and Merck and Texas Instruments disappointed. But DuPont, Suntrust and Packaging Corp. were better than expected.   Read More

Based on the action after hours it looks like a rough open on Tuesday. What's the "Word on the Street?"   Read More

1) American Express reported a notable miss ($0.56 vs. expectations of $0.83), and it's not hard to see where the bulk of the miss came from. a $600 million ($374 after-tax) addition to U.S. lending credit reserves.    Read More

Do you have the gusto to grab a stock down 50% on the year? Do you have the brass ones to buy a bank right now?   Read More

With the Dow at levels not seen since July 2006, today's weak economic data is weighing further on the markets.   Read More

For the short Independence week ending Friday, July 3, 2008, the U.S. Markets ended the week in bear market territory with the Dow and the NASDAQ off more than 20% from their market peak set in October, 2007.   Read More

Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway are down almost 20 percent from their all-time closing high of last December. Wall Street's generally accepted definition of a 'bear market' involves a 20 percent drop from a recent high. Yesterday, Berkshire shares dipped into bear territory on an intraday basis, before recovering to close at $120,100 .. a 19.5 percent drop from its all-time closing high of $149,200, set on December 10.    Read More

Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of American Express and Sherwin-Williams popped while NYSE Euronext and Yahoo! dropped.   Read More