After nearly three years of providing daily updates and links via the TradeKing Blog, it’s time to step down from my role as blog editor and pass on the role to another set of capable, market-savvy... more

Talk about violent mood swings - take a look at the chart above for Dendreon (DNDN). Over a 24-hour period, traders piled out of the stock as fast as they could -- and then, the next day, piled int... more

Now that Ashton Kutcher and Oprah have officially embraced Twitter, expect to see more coverage of how Twitter is helping to shape the financial & investing landscape. For example, over at Smar... more

Over the past 72 hours, swine flu has become one of the most important "unknowns" hanging over the global financial markets. But how much of an impact will swine flu really have? To gauge its impac... more

The market keeps going up, the shorts keep getting squeezed, and more people are turning bullish in their assumptions about the future of the market. But... does that mean people really believe in ... more

There have always been conspiracy theories linking the financial markets and the political world -- think the Military-Industrial Complex, the Carlyle Group, heck, Nicolas Cage in any of those "Nat... more

It's hard to think of a stock market pundit who's had a higher profile than Nouriel Roubini during the global financial crisis. Generally acknowledged as one of the few market expert who correctly ... more

In the financial markets, perception and reality are not always the same thing -- and nowhere is that more obvious than in the public debate about the underlying health of the banking system. There... more

Over at SmartMoney.com, Daren Fonda has put together a shopping list of stocks that might benefit from the Obama Administration's approach to healthcare ("Obamacare"). Thus far, Wall Street has tak... more

With interest rates just about as close to zero as possible, is it possible that the Fed will continue to find ways to push interest rates below zero using oh-so-clever financial maneuverings? In t... more

During times of stock market volatility, it's always interesting to turn to rational, market-tested individuals who have seen it all already. With that in mind, Business Week recently sat down with... more

Over at Market Watch, hedge fund manager and Morgan Stanley veteran Todd Harrison shares his Top 10 Commandments for traders. As he explains, these rules enabled him to "stay in the game," even whe... more

It's a fashionable argument to make these days, especially by market naysayers: the average American consumer, feeling the anxiety of a growing recession, will continue to pull back on spending thr... more

Even some of the most seasoned portfolio managers will admit that their "best ideas" are not always their best stock picks -- especially in markets like the one we're currently experiencing. Why is... more

With so many stocks beaten down and trading far from their highs, surely there's value somewhere in the market, right? That's the premise for a Barron's feature piece on "back to the future" value ... more

One of the finance and investing books generating a lot of online buzz recently has been The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets -- a comprehensive primer by... more

During the election season, many thought that the New York Times -- a liberal, left-leaning publication and staunch critic of the Bush Administration -- would become the economic mouthpiece of the ... more

For years, David Tice has been one of the most bearish voices about the state of the financial markets. Last May, he predicted the credit bubble would burst, with devastating effect on both the eco... more

Of the equity research blogs, Bespoke Investment Group has been consistently publishing some of the most informed and actionable market research over the past 18 months. Paul Hickey and Justin Wa... more

A picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words. With that in mind, Flowing Data has collected 27 of the very finest data visualizations and infographics to describe the global financial crisis. ... more