The deal--which is still subject to regulatory review--would create one of the world’s largest entertainment conglomerates, combining Comcast’s giant distribution network with NBC Universal’s content empire. Read More

At least 27 TARP recipients have received regulatory sanctions in 2009, suggesting that taxpayers’ investment in the nation’s financial system could suffer an additional hit down the line. Read More

No matter how many times you reread Aesop’s famous fable, the plodding patience of the tortoise always bests the hare. That’s why when John W. Rogers Jr. founded Ariel Investments he decided the tortoise was the most emblematic of his methodical and slightly contrarian approach to long-term investing. Read More

The progenitor of Personal Finance was founded nearly 40 years ago on the principle that there can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty. Read More

Our strategy is to be flexible enough to play cyclical trends while maintaining a disciplined approach to selling and taking profits. Read More

US stocks finished flat as the Fed reiterated plans to leave interest rates low. Read More

US stocks finished lower after the government said inflation rose higher than expected in November. Read More

US stocks rallied closing in the green. Read More

Even when markets experience a secular decline, cyclical fluctuations around the trend that can lastfor years. We are currently experiencing such a cyclical rebound, and investors would be well advised to invest accordingly. Read More

US stocks rose this morning on November retail sales that increased 1.3 percent, almost twice as much as expected. The dow and S&P 500 finished with gains but Nasdaq closed lower. Read More