In a shorter holiday week, U.S. stocks ended flat Friday, as positives struggled with the Dubai debt news. Alan Valdes at Kabrik Trading and Doug Kreps at Fort Pitt Capital Group offered CNBC their portfolio advice.

Hope for a much anticipated economic recovery is boosting Americans' optimism about this holiday shopping season.

TiVo dropped on a weak earnings report this week, but the bulls would not be deterred. OptionMonster's tracking program picked up determined call buying...

There will be a short-term pullback after Thanksgiving in stock markets and there is a 50 percent chance that the US economy will double-dip, according to Paul Schatz, president of Heritage Capital.

As many people prepare their tables for tomorrow's Thanksgiving feast, Timothy Ramey, food and beverage analyst at D.A. Davidson & Co., shared some of his favorite food and beverage stocks for investors to chew on.

The tech sector has been the apple of many an investors’ eye; and Joel Fishbein, managing director and senior analyst at Lazard Capital Markets, is bullish on enterprise software makers. He shared his top picks with CNBC.

Global stocks rose on Wednesday, with gold hitting another new high above $1,178 an ounce, after the Federal Reserve raised U.S. growth forecasts for 2010. Experts told CNBC liquidity will continue to drive stocks up, but that investors should see dips as short-term buying opportunities.

Ebay has been showing signs of improving business trends, and now some investors are betting on a New Year's rally.

Jim Cramer’s good news about the recovery? "Sooner is actually a whole lot more likely than later.” The Mad Money host pulled together 12 stocks that he thinks will most benefit from an economic rebound.