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: Major movement, Earnings reports, Rants and raves, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), Wells Fargo (WFC), IndyMac Bancorp (IMB), U.S. Bancorp (USB) Yesterday's Major League All-Star Game went into extra innings (15 total) before the American League w...

Babykatze Micky ist umgezogen Seit gestern hat sie sich entschieden, mal einige Zeit ausschließlich im Haus zu verbringen und ist nun mit Filou und Kuschelminchen zusammen. Einen Abend vorher ist Ranjo ins Haus gefitscht - allerdings wollte er wohl nur eine kurze Stippvisite machen, denn er war ein...

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...

Like they say, all good things must come to an end. I’ve been with CyberTrader since I started trading full time back in 1999. I can’t even imagine how much I’ve spent in commissions with them. That first year I spent about $30,000. It’s certainly dropped over the years, espe...