Let me be first to congratulate myself, writes David Weidner: Almost all of my predictions for 2008 panned out.

Treasuries are expensive; high-grade corporates are cheap.

Market-lagging returns could be written in this two-star stock.

According to Reuters, Alcoa (AA) will fire over 13,000 people. Reuters reports that Apple (AAPL) disappointed with no Jobs of big announcements at Macworld. Reuters reports that GM (GM) says government loans cover its worst case scenario.

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US stocks fell sharply on Wednesday after a worse than expected employment report rattled investors ahead of Friday's key jobs data. Deteriorating corporate outlook also dampened the sentiment.[More...]

Investors got a rude shock on Wednesday after Ramalinga Raju, founder and chairman of Satyam (NYSE: SAY) India's fourth-largest outsourcer, resigned saying that the firm's profit had been inflated over the years.[More...]

A funny thing happened on the way to the stock market's first down day in 5 trading days. Most stocks did not go down. If you are like me you have several lists of stocks you watch set up as portfolios on the various financial websites.[More...]

Wall Street bounced back on Tuesday with gains across all three major U.S. indices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) added 0.69%, and ended with 9,015 points. The Nasdaq composite index (^IXIC) climbed 1.50%, and ended at 1,652. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose by 0.78%, and finishing with 934 points. The ...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Wall Street bounced back on Tuesday with gains across all three major U.S. indices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.69%, and ended with 9,015 points. The Nasdaq composite index climbed 1.50%, and ended at 1,652. The S&P 500 rose by 0.78%, and finishing with 934 points. The Russell 2000 index was also higher by 1.01% and closed the day at 514 points. Markets were higher even despite several bits of negative news. Home sales for the month of November were down 4% to 82.3[More...]

Tom Dorsey and Tammy DeRosier - Tech Leaders and Balance Fund Update with John Lewis, CMT; Portfolio Manager at Dorsey Wright Money Management

Companies featured in this segment: Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM), Acciona SA (MCE:ANA), Constellation Energy Group Incorporated (NYSE:CEG), MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, EDF Development Incorporated, Electricite de France SA (EPA:EDF), Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), Ansaldo STS SpA (BIT:STS), Alstom SA (EPA:ALO), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Balfour-Beatty plc (LSE:BBY), Suzlon Energy Limited (BSE:532667), The Emerald People's Utility District, and Symbiotics LLC.

Companies featured in this segment: General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Chrysler LLC, General Mills Incorporated (NYSE:GIS), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Sasol (NYSE:SSL), Dong Energy, Peel Holdings, British Energy Group plc (LSE:BGY), NRG Energy Incorporated (NYSE:NRG), and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX).

Companies featured in this segment: OpenHydro Group, Alderney Renewable Energy Limited, ConAgra Foods Incorporated (NYSE:CAG), FPL Energy LLC, FPL Group Incorporated (NYSE:FPL), Lauren Engineers & Constructors Incorporated, SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWRA), RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY), Exelon Generation Company LLC (NYSE:EXC), Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR), Dominion Resources Incorporated (NYSE:D), Pakistan’s Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Limited (KAR:KESC), General Electric (NYSE:GE), and ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM).

Companies featured in this segment: General Electric (NYSE:GE), El Paso Electric Company (NYSE:EE), Alstom SA (EPA:ALO), Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (NYSE:CIG), Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (BOM:522287), GAIL (India) Limited (BOM:532155), Indraprastha Gas (BOM:532514), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (BOM:530965), Gammon India Limited (BOM:509550), Asahi (BOM:515030), Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited (BOM:500104), Tata Power Company Limited (BOM:500400), Reliance Industries Limited (BOM:500325), Bharat Petroleum Company Limited (BOM:500547), Tharaldson Ethanol LLC, Biomass Gas & Electric LLC, Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA (NYSE:EOC), India's National Aluminium Company Limited (BSE:532234), JSW Steel Limited (BSE:500228), Ispat Industries Limited (BSE:500305), Steel Authority of India Limited (BSE:500113), Tata Steel Limited (BSE:500470), and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT).