In an election year, there is a lot of talk about flip flops.  If you want to see some real reversals, take a look at the markets.  Energy, which is the leading sector over the past six months, is now the worst performing sector while Financials have moved from the cellar to the penthouse in the same period.   Read More

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

Stop Trading begins with a discussion of deterioration in the market at the end of the trading day, and directs much of the blame to banks. There are a few lights at the end of the tunnel.   Read More

Nearly 1.5 billion shares and $16.8 billion traded yesterday in CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge.  Check out the bets being made today...   Read More

Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Research In Motion and eBay popped while Pepsi Bottling and Office Depot dropped.   Read More

As uncertainty in the U.S. markets prevails, stock investors might want to take a look at the 2nd quarter performance of the winning sectors for companies that have weathered the market turmoil.   Read More

When a company’s in debt as much as GM and Ford, it’s the creditors that hold sway – not the shareholders.   Read More

The stock market ends the week negative by more than 3%, for the worst weekly performance since 2/9/2008 for the Dow and NASDAQ, and the worst weekly performance for the S&P since 6/21/2008.  Intraday the Dow falls 20% from its market high of 14,164.53 set on October 9th, pushing the market into bear market territory, with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ also close to a 20% loss from their peak levels.   Read More

Did Lehman’s 8% plunge on Monday mark the bottom?   Read More

The latest overall job loss numbers showed a loss of 49,000 jobs in May and a jump in unemployment rate up to 5.5%.  The drop is still well below the six figure numbers seen in past recessions.  Here is a breakdown of where the job losses were as well as which sectors were adding jobs.   Read More