The Mad Money host puts an expiration date on this misery and offers 10 reasons why he’s sure the end is near.   Read More

New Home Sales rose by 2.4% last month while June numbers were revised downward.  While there are many factors to consider, the results continue to be a real life lesson of basic economics and the rules of supply and demand.  Looking at the long term trends, don't expect changes overnight.   Read More

Earlier this week, we wrote about the highest yielding stocks on the Dow.  The S&P 500 also has some nice yielding stocks.  If you are worried about the financials being able to continue to pay thier big dividends (with Freddie Mac's big slide, its yield is now over 20%!), there are nearly 40 stocks on the S&P that are currently yielding 5% or more.  Here's a breakdown.   Read More

Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Colgate-Palmolive and Masco popped while Sony and Fresh Del Monte dropped.   Read More

Stocks have rallied just after 1 pm ET as oil broke through the lows of yesterday ($132). Oil is now down 11 percent from its intraday high last Friday. The overall market rallied, but in particular consumer discretionary stocks (retailers, autos, home builders) rallied. Good examples:    Read More

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

Stocks could continue to let off steam at the open Friday.   Read More

There is a change in sentiment as traders are trying to get their hands around the extent of the slowdown in global growth. New issues for the market: --global growth slowing.   Read More