I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but it struck me as funny when S&P issued a report today maintaining its "Hold" on IndyMac. Hold on what?   Read More

Despite good news from our parent General Electric we are again being pushed around by oil at a record price, and by Fannie and Freddie. Both are down big (about 50 percent) this morning, largely on a New York Times story that the federal government was considering placing one or both of them in a conservatorship.   Read More

In the midst of reporting earnings from KB Home and Lennar this week, neither of which were particularly pretty, I saw a press release for an auction in Houston that tweaked my interest. The title reads: Greater Houston Real Estate Auction: Sign of the Times.    Read More

Here's our Fast Money Final Trade. Our gang gives you tomorrow's best trades, right now!   Read More

In Wednesday’s Web Extra, Pete Najarian reveals why sweet tea makes him sweet on McDonald’s.   Read More

The Dow closed modestly higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady. What's the "Word on the Street?"   Read More

It's time for the Fast Money market midterm. Our topic is the housing market. Hope you studied because this one could be ugly!   Read More

So there’s a bit of a blurb in the Wall Street Journal today about billionaire hedge-fund manager Edward Lampert and his ESL Investments Inc. buying into a few home builders (Centex and KB Home) as well as a few mortgage lenders (PHH and CIT) and Home Depot just to boot.   Read More

You should, too. Cramer offers his top picks for the sector.   Read More

If it worked for President Gerald Ford in 1975, it could work now.   Read More