Stock Market Today

IBM weighs on Dow It was a mixed day in the market for stocks. The current environment will reward astute high quality stock pickers who know how to avoid… Read more

The market is in full churn mode moving both up and down today before closing near the flat-line. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 44 points finishing the… Read more

Fresh off their most prolific year since the turn of the century, IPOs are off to a fast start in 2014. Five companies have gone public on U.S. exchanges… Read more

Last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) offered a buffet of tech trends and related investment ideas for 2014. I’d characterize the major themes as more evolutionary than revolutionary. But… Read more

Winter weather events rarely affect Wall Street. But most of them aren’t as costly as the one we just experienced. The “polar vortex” that swept the country over the… Read more

The Winter Olympics are less than a month away. For most of us, it’s a chance to feel true national pride while cheering our athletes on. For the host… Read more

The first few days and weeks of the year might seem like an arbitrary block of time, but as far as history goes, they’re INCREDIBLY predictive for the rest… Read more

Today, we have a rare opportunity to invest in a bear market. And while you might be gun shy about the very idea, I’m here to tell you that… Read more

U.S. markets seem to be suffering from a post-New Year’s hangover after celebrating a banner 2013. Stocks have fallen each of the first three trading days to start 2014…. Read more