Copyright Spencer Platt, Getty Images Twenty-five years ago Monday, New York sculptor Arturo Di Modica delivered a Christmas present to Wall Street. "Charging Bull," the 18-foot-long, 3 1/2 ton bronze statue, was immediately a crowd favorite, ev...

The 30 percent drop in crude oil prices this year rocked the energy sector. Supplies are outpacing demand as U.S. shale-oil producers gush with black gold. The last time the U.S. pumped this much oil, Reagan was president. The Organization of th...

The free fall in oil prices is roiling markets. There are near-term benefits of lower energy prices, but darker clouds are gathering for the global economy.

Leverage usually magnifies returns. Not so for commodity bears.

“A dollar is a dollar,” was the daring statement of President Nixon in a 1971 TV address. Whereas we do not want to discuss the logical fallacy of his near-attempt to hoax the American nation that year, it is interesting how the debate...

Exchange traded funds have been gaining market share from the mutual fund industry over the years, and much of that attention has been related to lower costs. But a new research report by Morningstar says many ETFs are not, in fact, cheaper tha...

The cycle is all too familiar to financial advisors. First, the “talking head” on television recommends a stock. This is in turn seen by a client as they are having lunch at the local diner. That’s followed by the phone call to their advisor aski...