As if 2009 hasn’t been a rough enough year for businesses in the U.S. – this past Sunday brought with it the prospect of even tougher days ahead for small and mid-sized business owners. Read More
China's Shanghai Index up 2.7 percent as Chinese PMI was stronger than expected. U.S. ISM will be released at 10 Am ET. And that's the point: with earnings season just about over, it is economic news that will be the driver for the next couple of months. Read More
Fast Money friend Carl Icahn is shaking things up again this time with an unprecedented offer extended to CIT’s small bondholders. And he revealed his entire strategy to us! Read More
Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Human Genome and CIT Group popped while BB&T and Weatherford dropped. Read More
Dollar index breaking through to new lows as gold hits another high, most commodities also up 1 to 3 percent. Gold stocks up 2 to 3 percent pre-open. Read More
Following are the week’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Jefferies and Abbott Labs popped while CIT Group and Deere dropped. Read More
Despite rough economic data the bulls could not be held down and reversed a 100 point drop in the Dow. But that might not be such a positive sign after all... Read More
The argument that the market advanced on merger news is silly: the important point is that the market has bounced at least three times on the modest 2 to 4 percent pullbacks that we have seen since June, so it is simply continuing a trend. Read More