Topic: Financial Markets

September starts on upbeat note

Stocks could start next week with investors feeling a bit more optimistic about the economy, thanks to a stronger-than-expected jobs report, making ...
Goals Some American Funds and Oppenheimer Funds work better for different goals. Comparing funds that are appropriate for an investor's time frame...

Over the Hedge: Investment Banker Busted Farming the Green

Here's a hilarious story coming the internet's way from Zombie Forbes/Slant: an executive at a billion-dollar hedge fund was caught running an...

A look at economic developments around the globe

A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:. . CERNOBBIO, Italy - Is the global economy out of the ...

Survival Tips for Prop Traders

Prop traders have become an endangered species as the Volcker rule forces banks to jettison their prop trading operations. But the betting money is ...

Hey, IT: Should You Be Learning F#?

Any clued in tech professional will no doubt be aware of Microsoft's programming language F#, which has begun to gain a little traction in the ...

Unemployment rate up

The unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as weak hiring by private employers wasn't enough to keep pace with a large ...
I don't have to tell you that this is a very tough time for our country. Millions of our neighbors have been swept up in the worst recession in...
Newsweek has once again gone over the top in their support of Barack Obama, but at least the cover reflects that Obama's popularity is collapsing...
crimeandpunishment writes "It was the big deal Dell wanted in a big way. But now that it has lost out to Hewlett-Packard in the bidding war it...