Stocks tumbled Wednesday with the Dow closing in bear market territory. What's the "Word on the Street?"   Read More

After hours Morgan Stanley recommended investors buy Lehman Brothers stock and set a price target of $31. What's the "Word on the Street?"   Read More

Seeing as how we have dealt with the Fed and interest rates, the evils of speculative oil trading, and consumer confidence in the past few days, it's now time to turn our attention to the housing relief bill working its way through the system.    Read More

May's employment report will make or break the market's momentum Friday. Traders say if the 8:30 a.m. report is in line with expectations or even better-than-expected, watch for the rally to continue. If it's worse, stocks will give back some of Thursday's gains.    Read More

Don't call it a bailout, the Conn. senator says.    Read More

A little below the headlines about the latest housing rescue bill--that is, the Senate’s “Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008”--are the details of the bill: one of which could have some serious consequences for big ticket homes.    Read More

For the week ending Friday, May 16, 2008, the U.S. Equity Markets ended the week up with all of the major indices up ~2% or more as stocks gained from M&A news, easing inflation worries, and strong earnings results.  Oil and gasoline continued to hit new record highs as the dollar declined against major currencies.   Read More

Freddie Mac's earnings may hold the answer, Cramer says.   Read More

Futures popped 8 points as CPI was a bit below expectations. Prior to the CPI, the bond market broke to lows for the year as the Wall Street Journal's front page asks, "Recession? Not So Fast, Say Some."    Read More

New data on inflation at the consumer level and oil inventory numbers are two reports that will have a hold on Wednesday's markets.    Read More