Following health care reform is kind of like trying to drive in England. Confusing as all heck for most Americans.   Read More

In what appears to be a bet consumers will stick with discount retailers even after the economy rebounds, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway increased its Wal-Mart holdings by almost 90 percent during the summer.  It added almost 18 million shares, currently worth almost $1 billion, in the third quarter.   Read More

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is due to release its third quarter stock portfolio 'snapshot' later today (Monday).  The 13F filing with the SEC will list Berkshire's holdings of U.S. publicly traded stocks as of September 30.  There are times, however, that Berkshire gets permission from the SEC to keep some holdings confidential, often as it is accumulating a position.    Read More

It's been awhile since holiday shopping has been such a wild card for the economy. Wednesday kicks off the batch of major retail earnings, when Macy's reports ahead of the opening bell.   Read More

Cramer makes the call on viewers' favorite stocks.   Read More

It's "risk on" in global markets, a trend traders say could help keep stocks heading higher for now.   Read More

This weekend, the US House of Representatives passed its version of health care reform and now awaits a version from the Senate.  The debate has been heating up since earlier this summer when President Obama was pushing for legislation before the summer recess.  Here are the biggest S&P Health Care gainers and losers over while the debate has waged on.   Read More

Don't let the pundit-speak about "lagging indicator" or the market's move Friday fool you, the job market is crucial to the stock market right now.     Read More

Markets have been hanging on the October employment report, expected to show a drop of 175,000 nonfarm payrolls when it is released on Friday.   Read More

Cisco could put a glow into tech stocks Thursday, but traders say the stock market could again be choppy.   Read More