The stock market held its gains of earlier today, although doubts about how financial companies are going to raise capital when their balance sheets are in complete disarray are prevalent on the...

It almost seems out of place – like a spritz of a lilly inching up through the crusted snow after a long winter – to report some good economic news these days.

But there it is, in the form of an...

Both the Dow and the Nasdaq are flirting with positive territory today, thanks in part to one biotechnology stalwart, Amgen, which is up three points in trading.

Why? Well, the Street is getting...

Uh-oh.

When Barack Obama promised change, this wasn't what Wall Street was hoping for.

The market was down, big time, today as investor came to grips with an Obama administration and its taxing...

Today's stock dive - over 700 points - is being linked directly to this month's retail sales number, which fell 1.2% for September. That's twice as much as analysts had expected.

Retail sales are...

At the end of trading today (Friday) it looks like the stock market won't end up in positive territory, but it will come close - an event every trader and investor on the planet planet will take in a...

The stock market seems to be playing a waiting game with a Congressional bailout taking on a new shape in Washington. I’m hearing about a new bailout plan that would raise FDIC insurance limits from...

Some good news - rare good news - from the U.S. stock market late today as reports and rumors seem to point to a new U.S. government agency to assume and/or manage bad debts for financial services...

Last week saw a potential top in commodities prices, as both oil and gold prices seem to have stalled out from their upward march in 2008. That should have spelled relief for the stock market, which...

I've written about the importance of knowing your investments before you buy them. You might remember the story about Fidelity Magellan mutual fund legend Peter Lynch, who would spend his Saturdays...

Information Week has a great piece out on how IT CEO’s are riding out the rough economy. Surely, the 266 hike in the Dow Jones Industrial Average today, thanks to lower oil prices and a report...

Looking for a “relief rally”? That’s what Wall Street calls a temporary lull in selling that could lead to a more sustainable uptick in broad-based stock prices.

Usually, it’s one industry that...

Zacks Research is out today with a big thumbs-up for a stock I’ve been watching for a while – NCI, Inc.

NCI is one of the most prominent supplier of information technology systems and services to...

Most of the news coming out of the tech industry has been positive of late. Cell phones, computer software, and semiconductors are key sectors that have seemed to absorb the shock of the 2008...

You wouldn’t know it by looking at the early morning stock market numbers, but the encouraging news from the U.S. Labor Dept. that worker productivity increased at a faster-than-expected pace, should...

An old chestnut with a damaged brand is back in the news and, for once, that’s in a good way.

I’m talking about Tyco Electronics, which suffered a spate of bad press and reduced investor interest...

Zacks.com is a good place to go for some worthwhile data and solid insight in the technology stock sector. I peruse it at least once a month or more and have dug up some real winners as a result. The...

Harris Associates is typically one of the better value strategists out there - especially when it comes to finding value in technology stocks.

One reason is why is the stock-picking acumen of...

Tech stocks have been lagging along with the rest of the stock market so far in 2008, but its long-term prospects are much, much better.

So says Imran Khan, a JP Morgan senior analysts who...

I’ve been tough on Google this year, and with good reason. Part of what I do is write about how technology impacts the financial fortunes of companies and Google has been losing market share to the...

The roller coaster ride for tech stocks grew even wilder today, but in a good, adrenaline-rush kind of way.

The news is mostly all good, with Banc of America Securities issuing a report that...

The markets are down this morning, off about 45 points at 10:30 AM EST, thanks to an upward spike in jobless claims ahead of tomorrow's much-anticipated March unemployment numbers. The stock market...

It’s been a lousy first quarter for tech stocks but the outlook for the second quarter of 2008 looks brighter and shinier.

So say the investment gurus at Tech Ticker – specifically former Wall...

Kind of a quiet day in the technology stocks world, which might be considered good news considering the drubbing the sector has taken this week.

Sun Microsystems was in the news, signing off on a...

You may not realize it, but in the 401K market, where the fees you pay to the advisors who manage your plan can mean the difference, financially speaking, between a so-so retirement and a great one....

Most 401(k) brochures that mutual fund companies hand out to companies are masters of the obvious – they don’t dig down and give employees the critical information needed to get the most out of a...