US stocks drop sharply on worries over EuropeA political stalemate in Greece rattled financial markets worldwide on Monday, sending U.S. stocks lower.The price of oil and Treasury yields hit their lowest levels of the year. The euro sank to a three-month …

Wall Street down but S&P rebounds over support levelU.S. stocks recovered some of their losses on Monday after the S&P 500 briefly fell below a key support level, weighed down by a political impasse in Greece and mounting fears of an economic slowdown in …

Stocks, euro drop as deadlock continues in GreeceA political stalemate in Greece rattled financial markets worldwide on Monday, sending U.S. stocks lower.The price of oil and Treasury yields hit their lowest levels of the year as traders dumped riskier …

Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn’t necessarily translate into a huge pop for a …

Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn’t necessarily translate into a huge pop for a …

Among the stock activity stories for Friday, May 11, from AP Business News:— Shares of oil and gas company Chesapeake Energy Corp. fell after a published report said the company didn’t tell investors about …

Wall Street flat, tech offsets JPMorgan downdraftStocks were little changed in choppy trading on Friday as a sharp selloff in banks due to a huge loss by JPMorgan was offset by strong technology shares. JPMorgan said it lost at least $2 billion from …

Stocks rebound, euro gains on sentiment dataGlobal stocks rebounded on Friday on data that showed U.S. consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in more than four years in early May, but commodity prices fell after weak data from China reduced …

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I Told You So: Facebook’s Ugly IPO Debut

By Value in Stock Market:
Earlier, I wrote that Facebook’s (FB) IPO is becoming a sucker’s bet. On its IPO debut, Facebook started at $42, hit a high of $45 for a brief moment, and then [...]

Facebook IPO May Break The Market And Initiate A Free Fall Crash

By Steven Vincent:
Let me start by clarifying something. I am not saying that the market could crash spectacularly in the next few days and that in that event the Facebook (FB) IPO would be a [...]

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By Chuck Carnevale:
There is a confluence of factors that are painting a very odd picture of current investor behavior. Common sense and a careful analysis of the market dynamics between equities and bonds today would [...]

U.S. Demographics And The Likelihood Of A Housing Recovery

By Sami J. Karam:

Expectations of a robust housing recovery are not well supported by US demographics.

From Bloomberg News (February 8, 2012): Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon told investors and analysts in a [...]