After falling for six straight months, oil prices are still in search of a bottom. A greater... Read More

  After falling for six straight months, oil prices are still in search of a bottom. A greater than 50% plunge over the past year is the second-largest annual decline on record.   Sector... Read More

  It was a tricky year for social media stocks. The top players continued to generate robust... Read More

  It was a tricky year for social media stocks. The top players continued to generate robust growth in user statistics. Yet  many social media platforms have yet to translate traffic to... Read More

For years, the stock market mantra has been, “Don’t fight the Fed.” Despite slow... Read More

For years, the stock market mantra has been, “Don’t fight the Fed.” Despite slow global growth, multiple geopolitical incidents and a struggling U.S. economy, the historic monetary... Read More

Social media stocks are still a tough call for investors. Growth in the space is much stronger than offline advertising media, but investors have been largely disappointed by monetization. Even powerhouse Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) saw shares plunge more than 50% from its IPO in 2012 when enthusiasm waned… Read More

Lost in all the headlines about the oil’s price plunge was an ominous comment by the energy... Read More

Lost in all the headlines about the oil’s price plunge was an ominous comment by the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates earlier this month. Just weeks after OPEC shocked global energy... Read More

     Financial planners routinely advise clients to plan for a retirement nest egg... Read More

     Financial planners routinely advise clients to plan for a retirement nest egg that can be drawn down at a 4% annual rate.   #-ad_banner-#Ongoing investment gains in the... Read More

The cyber attack on Sony Pictures has morphed into an international thriller to rival any Hollywood spy movie. New information is still leaking out on a daily basis, and this story could translate to even bigger growth for one industry. #-ad_banner-#Sources within Sony (NYSE: SNE) reported in late… Read More

Thanks to major changes in regulation, social media and technology, the business of banking has... Read More

Thanks to major changes in regulation, social media and technology, the business of banking has undergone radical change since the Great Recession of 2008.  And one key area of change has been... Read More

The stock market is heading into its sixth year of this bull run, and investors are getting... Read More

The stock market is heading into its sixth year of this bull run, and investors are getting increasingly skittish with each sell-off. With the threat of higher interest rates in 2015, investors may... Read More

Investors have been warming up to bank stocks in a big way.  The KBW Bank Index jumped 50%... Read More

Investors have been warming up to bank stocks in a big way.  The KBW Bank Index jumped 50% over the past two years, and a brightening economy suggests further good times ahead for the industry.... Read More