US stocks plummeted today amid heightened concerns about accelerating inflation and further credit losses in the financial sector. Read More

Investor relations at Cash Cow Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group (ASX: BBI, OTC: BCKBF) has informed us that usernames and passwords to access the online forms for exemption from the US withholding tax will only be distributed to investors who have purchased the stock listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Read More

As anticipated by many observers, the US Supreme Court upheld the rights of states to provide tax breaks on securities issued within their boundaries while not conferring the same benefit to municipal bonds issued in other states. Read More

The way to really make money is to never just follow the market. If you do, the best you’ll get is what the market gives you—or, as is the case for the past few years, takes away. Read More

US stocks finished the day mixed, with struggling technology stocks eroding earlier gains. Investors latched onto results from The Conference Board’s latest Leading Economic Indicators Index, which suggested that the US economy, though weakened, may not be in a recession. However, news that Sandisk (NSDQ: SNDK), a leading producer of flash memory cards, experienced softening sales raised concerns over reduced consumer spending. Read More

The US stock market was dealt a slight blow today as crude oil prices spiked higher and consumer confidence plunged. Unfortunately, the negative news overshadowed an unexpected rise in new homes construction for the month of April, pushing two of the major indexes lower to close in a melange. Read More

US stocks climbed for the second consecutive day, despite data from the Dept of Labor that showed a rise in weekly initial jobless claims and evidence of worsening business conditions for manufacturers in an index published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. But the market overcame concerns about a sluggish economy, led by the strong performance of energy and technology stocks. Read More

As if we don’t have enough challenges in the stock market. Even as we have to work harder and harder to keep more dollars coming into our portfolios, we also have to spend more to feed, clothe and transport ourselves. Read More

We’re getting bashed not only by the financial markets but the grocery market down the block as well. Read More

By 2030, Americans will consume 30 percent more electricity than they do now. The projected cost: $1.7 trillion. Read More