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There are many reasons to be bullish on Wall Street these days. The stock market has had a great run, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 25% since early October. The tech-heavy NASDAQ, led by bellwether Apple, has risen over 30% in that same …

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently wrapped up a two-day testimony before Congress, where he defended the Fed’s actions since the financial crisis and gave his assessment of the tepid economic recovery. There’s a reason why Time Magazine named Bernanke Person of the Year in …

Over the past three years, the European sovereign debt crisis has twisted and turned multiple times. The ongoing saga has been closely watched by financial markets around the globe, as European leaders work together (hesitantly) to fix its problems. Everyone has become an expert on …

The surging price of oil has market and political commentators buzzing. At the time of this writing, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude is trading north of $110 per barrel and Brent Crude is hovering around $125 per barrel. You know the likely questions. What type …

I’m sitting in a hotel lobby this week writing posts. If you noticed last week the pitch was about Hotwire and Priceline. I was trying to book a trip. I was determined to find something good and didn’t want to take the risk with either …