Markets

Jun 17, 2010 at 12:19

One of the things I like to watch as an indication of stock market health is the junk market. JNK has climbed along with this recent stock market rally, and…

Jun 17, 2010 at 12:00

Lithium-ion batteries are quickly becoming the most prevalent type of battery used in everything from laptops to cell phones to hybrid and fully electric cars to short term power storage…

Jun 17, 2010 at 08:50

The major index ETFs opened lower and after testing lower in the opening minute or two, leapt higher in the first fifteen minutes of trading, moved sideways for most of…

Jun 17, 2010 at 08:33

While economic reports can cause initial reactions, it's important to see the trend that remains. That trend continues higher. For example, oil futures got hit on the economic news, but…

Jun 17, 2010 at 07:52

Markets often like to end trends with a blow-off, so a short futures position would be risky right now. Options are most likely the ticket. The only problem is that…

Jun 17, 2010 at 07:34

To understand how the ongoing global credit crisis may evolve, let's look at some cultural and structural considerations. Last decade, despite being told that there may be no money to…

Jun 17, 2010 at 07:21

Risk is one of the most ambiguous terms existing in the financial world. Though its commonly accepted definition almost always includes complex mathematics, it has recently been acquiring increasing subjective…

Jun 17, 2010 at 06:58

Few executives have generated more criticism for a single quote than Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein. After telling London's Sunday Times that he's just a banker "doing God's work," the newspaper…

Jun 17, 2010 at 06:34

How does a convicted employee with a crime against their employer get to keep a pension? I can't tell who the bigger idiot is, the party who committed the crime…

Jun 17, 2010 at 06:22

In continuing our search for potential bankruptcy candidates, we would be remiss in ignoring the malaise that is currently British petroleum and their drilling partners.