With the exception of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the major U.S. indices ended up for the month.  The NASDAQ reached its third-consecutive monthly gain advancing 4.55% in May.    Read More

The first week of this year's CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge is now complete and over 16 billion shares have been traded so far.  Here are some of the top trades that have lifted contestants to the top of the leaderboard...   Read More

Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Smithfield Foods and Compuware popped while Manitowoc and Las Vegas Sands dropped.   Read More

With April 15 here, many of us have finished our taxes and can again think about other financial matters.  Perhaps you are considering taking your refunds and investing them in the markets.  Here is how the market has performed historically on and after tax day.   Read More