U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on a day that may be the least active of the year so far. The major Asian exchanges are closed today, with Shanghai and Hong Kong beginning the lunar new...
U.S. equity markets opened about flat this morning on another day devoid of significant data releases. In Asia, markets in China and Hong Kong remain closed for the holiday, but Japan’s Nikkei...
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors appear to be cautious as tomorrow’s elections get closer. Coupled with possible changes in the U.S., China will replace its leadership at...
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as investors seemed to prefer a little risk trading on U.S. election day. Asian markets were cautious ahead of today’s elections, while in Europe some...
For some people, a car is a status symbol or a collector’s item. For others, though, a car is an investment in transportation—a way to get from point A to point B—and the best return on...
Americans have had an on-again, off-again relationship with butter. Butter consumption in the United States was at its highest point from 1930-35, but it began dropping steadily in the 1940s. This...
Gold has traditionally served as a safe haven for investors in times of economic turmoil or as a store of value during inflationary periods.  The Economist recently argued that now is the time to...
Management at Circuit City (CC) restated the company’s last two quarters of earnings and pull guidance for the current year. Part of the revisions are due to an increase in vendor allowances....
Source: ThinkstockLike most cable and mobile carriers, Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) has been seeking ways to bundle TV, Internet and mobile phone service in one integrated offering that would...
Traders rarely make mistakes as bad as the one they made when they pushed newspaper stocks higher early in the year.Shares in companies such as the New York Times (NYSE: NYT), Gannett (NYSE: GCI)...
The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner came to market years late and billions over budget. And given the variety of problems the aircraft has exhibited since it arrived, perhaps deliveries should...
Elon Musk's plan to buy Twitter has become more complex. The deal that will cost him more than he bargained for.
The Motley Fool is one of the twenty most visited financial sites in the US according to comScore with monthly unique visitors of 1.536 million last month, making it slightly bigger than Google...
The Congressional Oversight Panel which keeps track of the effectiveness of the TARP program claims that the government has gotten much too little for the warrants it received as part of the loans...
"We have been searching for independent directors since we became a fully public company," asid Nancy Daigler, a spokesperson for Kraft (KFT). Well, of course you have been. But, Nelso...