With its recent run-up, is it time to jump further into the financials sector? Here is a stock screen of some stocks you may want to look at.   Read More

When Apple's Steve Job's picked Israeli Yael Naim's "New Soul" for the Mac Air commercial, it wasn't the first time Silicon Valley connected with Israel.  In fact, Israel has more companies traded on the tech heavy Nasdaq than any other country outside the United States.  As Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary of statehood, here are some more facts and figures on the Israeli economy and markets...   Read More

As Senators Clinton and Obama square off in Indiana and North Carolina, are the Intrade Political Futures Markets (www.intrade.com) forecasting a split decision?  As record oil prices and a gas tax become a focus point for the candidates, where do the Intrade markets predict oil will close out the year?   Read More

GDP and jobs reports are all good and fine, but the IT world has more to learn from what tech titans like Cisco have to say about the economy and the outlook for the products they sell.   Read More

As of Friday, 389 (just under 80%) of the S&P 500 companies have reported earnings. Here's a look at which companies have had the biggest surprises so far...   Read More

For the week ending Friday, May 2,2008 the US Markets continued their winning streak, having 3 consecutive weeks of gains for the first time since October.     Read More

The major US markets had their third straight week of gains.  See the highlights from Stocks, Sectors, Commodities and Currencies...   Read More

The latest overall job loss numbers are much better than economists expected and 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

With the stock markets coming off their best month in a long time, should you take profits and follow the old adage "Sell in May, Go Away?"   Read More

The major US markets had one of their best months in a long time.  See the highlights from Stocks, Sectors, Commodities and Currencies...   Read More