There’s no shortage of pundits who shot to fame on the back of a bold, contrarian call only to come up empty afterwards. Meredith Whitney and Nuriel Rubini are just two pundits who called the meltdown while most others were obl…
ADP excludes government jobs. It’s also notoriously volatile and has a history of big misses in forecasting the official Labor Department payroll report. But perhaps most important is that it just doesn’t jibe with other recent…
Stocks closed a bit higher after flitting around breakeven on light trading for much of the day. Financials outperformed, while commodities suffered. Treasury bond yields hit their highest intraday level since June. End-of-year…
Given all that transpired globally over the Thanksgiving weekend, the idea of holding risky assets like stocks should give investors heartburn. Perhaps a strong Black Friday weekend and holiday selling season will draw traders’…
As the market takes a time out for Thanksgiving, we thought it would be a good time to reflect upon some recent good fortune. From corporate earnings to weekly jobless claims, here are six things investors should be thankful fo…