Will the credit crisis lead to a rash of mergers on Wall Street?   Read More

Is there any doubt that big-cap financials are the key to this market? What's worked for two months? Sell the rally in financials. This is crunch time for the two-day rally...and not surprisingly, they are pushing the old trade hard today.    Read More

Citigroup's better-than-expected earnings report turned the tide ahead of the open.    Read More

The relentless ramp up of oil and commodities prices could be over for now, and that ultimately would be a good thing for stocks, says Citigroup Chief U.S. Strategist Tobias Levkovich. "Is this the beginning of the unwind? My sense is yes," he said in a phone interview. "There've been false dawns before, but structurally it should be."    Read More

"Buy and hold" is bad investing advice. Here's why.   Read More

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before a Senate committee takes on even greater importance for Tuesday's markets, now that the Fed and Treasury have promised to backstop mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.    Read More

It didn't take long for investors to cash out of the stock market's early gains today, and the question is how will the day progress. Traders say it's a basic "sell the rally" reaction. We watched as the financials turned south, after seeing buying interest out of the gate this morning. Financials are now the worst performers on the day.    Read More

Futures were up pre-open, we started strong...and then faded away. It is not a good sign that financials--the very group that was supposed to be helped by the Fannie/Freddie news--are flat to down.    Read More

Analysts say hurdles for the stock market in the coming week include continued uncertainty about financial sector—specifically mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—as well as the unrelenting pressure of rising oil prices.    Read More

Sometimes a stock is hot and other time it just burns. Following are the Fast Money misfires.   Read More