Playing Facebook With Puts
Six days after the stock begins trading, options on it will be listed. Here's what to do.
A Profit "Parade" That’s Leaving Everyone Behind
Getting in front of a parade has been called a key to technology success, but for many aspirants, that's proving to be a tough march.
Focus Lists Were Out of Focus in 2011′s Turmoil
Two West Coast investment firms took top honors in our latest ranking. But for many others, last year's volatility took a deep toll.
Fannie Mae’s Fire Sale
Fannie Mae will soon start auctioning off foreclosed houses and pools of non-performing loans in bulk. How to buy a cut-rate rental property.
A Market List for Seekers of Calm
Bespoke Investment Group has produced a list of stocks ranked in order of nonvolatility over the past decade.
Just Don’t Lose It!
More than ever, investors want advisors and money managers to preserve their capital. So how can you make your wealth grow?
Whose Green Stuff to Fund Green Energy?
Using taxpayer dollars to support companies or prop up whole industries is a bad idea. Instead, we should let free markets do the hard and risky work of deciding how capital is invested.
Yielding to Reality
With interest rates near zero, our panel favors stocks with juicy dividend yields. Brian Rogers, Abby Cohen, Scott Black and Fred Hickey offer their investment picks this week.
Hedge-Fund Clones Aren’t Exact Matches
Can mutual funds using hedging strategies meet investors' return expectations? So far, they haven't. But wait for them to mature—and see how they weather the next downturn in equities markets.
Dow, S&P End Week With a Dull Thud
The U.S. market seems to be doing a lot better job of "taking shots from Europe," says RBC's head of trading. But corporate profit growth is indeed slipping, and fourth-quarter GDP came in lower than expected. Nasdaq pulls off a small gain for the week...
Don’t Blame La Niña
Politicians are the source of all this hot air. Also, GDP is worse than it looks, and housing prices could drop another 10% to 15%.
Fed Pulls Back the Curtain
The central bank, in a major change, ended all mystery about its plans for interest rates, stating its aim to keep the current near-zero rate through late 2014.
