There are an extremely small number of companies which are likely to do relatively well during the recession, either because they are the market share leaders in their industries by a wide margin, or they are in businesses which sell products and services which are a necessary part of everyday life....

Filed under: After the bell, Major movement, Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Yahoo! (YHOO), General Motors (GM), Market matters, Citigroup Inc. (C), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Level 3 Communications (LVLT), S and P 500, DJIA How many days, months, quarters, etc. will this ugly bear ...

Filed under: Launches, Competitive strategy, Apple Inc (AAPL), Nokia Corp. (NOK), Research in Motion (RIMM) If the world comes to an end tomorrow, at least day traders will have found another way to make or lose money. E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETFC) has found another platform for people to buy and sell stoc...

Shares of E*Trade Financial (ETFC) are finding out the hard way that heavy accumulations of call open interest can create quite a headache to a fledgling rally...(Read More)...

Filed under: Management, Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), TD AmeriTrade Holding (AMTD) I've been writing about finance for longer than I care to admit (okay, 15 years, which feels like a long time, even if Floyd Norris might scoff). But one of the most surprising news flashes of my career has to be when ...

Filed under: Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), TD AmeriTrade Holding (AMTD), Options, Stocks to Buy It's not easy to top a present like TheStreet.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSCM), but my next holiday stock pick does just that. I give you investor education cum brokerage firm INVESTools Inc. (Nasdaq: SWIM). It's a...