US stocks slid as investors took a break from last week's rally which pushed indexes to their highest levels in two years. Gold increased to a record $1,400 an ounce. Read More

US stocks fell on reemerging concerns over Europe's soverign debt. Read More

Growth and Income Portfolio holdings report third quarter results. Read More

Past excesses continue to haunt the nation’s biggest banks. Read More

The US is no longer the market of last resort; consumer classes have emerged in most developing nations and will continue to benefit from wealth generated by the export of increasingly pricey commodities. Read More

Rising demand for electricity has been among the surest trends on which you could bet for the past 100 years. Read More

Households may be focused on repairing ailing balance sheets, but US corporations continue to rake in the dough and invest in future growth. Read More

More foreclosures are inevitable and a key part of the housing market's return to health. A proposed moratorium on home foreclosures would jeopardize the US economic recovery. Read More

US stocks rose as the latest jobs report showed that the US economy added jobs in October, the first in five months. Read More