Oil & Gas

China, Syria Boost Stocks; Dow Jones Industrial Average Reshuffled; World Oil Supplies Adequate, per OPEC

Thanks to good data on China's improving economy and fears about the Syria situation subsiding, stocks finished another...

Jobs Data, Syria Battle over Market; U.S. Oil Spurts to Two-Year High; Euro Beats Dollar on Reaction to Jobs Data

This morning's discouraging jobs data had investors expecting a longer delay before the Federal Reserve cuts its stimulus,...

Jobs Increase May Not Be Enough for Fed to Begin Tapering; 10-Year Treasury Notes Break Through 3%; Brent Crude Set for Longest Rising Streak in Months

This morning’s U.S. jobs report showed a slight drop in the unemployment rate to 7.3%, dipping slightly from...

Surviving the September Scuttlebutt

Last week marked the final days of “summer,” at least in market terms. As expected, there wasn’t much...

Solid Economic Data Pulls up Stocks and the Dollar; Dollar Rises with Positive U.S. News; Oil Falls Back as Investors’ Syrian Fears Relax

Both European and U.S. stocks rose today, following a more-positive-than-expected revision of second quarter gross domestic product (GDP)...

Stocks Rise on Energy Rally; Dollar Rallies ahead of Syrian Conflict; The 5% Recovery: Rebounding from Recession?

Stocks soared today, causing the S&P 500 to bounce back from its eight-week low. Energy shares surged as...

War Drums Beat on Markets

The latest soundtrack in the financial markets can best be described as the beating of war drums with...

21st Century Biotech: Buy the Pipeline; 70 Years of Oil Pipelines Need to be Reversed; Nuclear Industry Takes another Hit in Japan

With the cost in man hours and research spinning out of control, biotechnology companies are looking for faster,...

S&P 500 Snaps Four-Day Losing Streak; Libyan Unrest Boosts Global Oil; Gold Rises for Fourth Time in Five Sessions

After losing almost three percent over the past four sessions, the S&P 500 rallied on Tuesday, as some...

Whack-a-Mole Real Estate Market; China to Assume Global Lead in Oil Imports by 2017; Canada Doesn’t Want to Stay on Target

For real estate investors, trying to get a handle on where the next surge in home value will...