The Dow is trending lower to end a week when through Wednesday’s close the bulls showed strength and resilience.

Most of Monday’s triple-digit gains for the Dow were erased yesterday, after the bulls rallied from lows to end the prior two…

Overall, it’s been a rough month for U.S.-listed casino stocks, but amid struggles in Las Vegas, a massive Macau operation is about to go on the block.

Las Vegas Sands (LVS) chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson is set to raise as much…

Like just about everyone else with exposure to Wall Street’s woes, university endowments took a big hit during the economic downturn.

According to Bloomberg, Yale’s endowment lost -25% during fiscal 2009. The value of the Harvard endowment dropped by -27.3%…

Forecasting the potential proliferation of electric vehicles is a tricky task for investors.

When legendary value investor and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett talks, Wall Street listens. But when legions of like-minded money managers and individual investors follow his…

With a stated mantra that it is “searching for patterns in financial markets,” hedge fund Zebra Capital Management is among the vanguard of quantitative funds that use complex formulas and brute force computing power to generate returns from volatile markets.

The…

Marty Whitman, the legendary value investor who runs mutual fund firm Third Avenue Management, signaled his confidence in the market (and his own stock-picking abilities) by pouring $3 million into his firm’s flagship Third Avenue Value Fund (TAVFX) during late 2008…

More earnings reports meant more big gains for select Chinese solar stocks on Thursday.

We’re starting to sound like a broken record, but it seems Chinese solar stocks can’t disappoint with their third-quarter performance. This morning’s reports from Suntech Power Holdings (STP)…

Investors have options when stocks and commodities both sell off, and bond ETFs can be bought with a standard equity account.

Thanks to the proliferation of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), equity investors now have a suite of options to protect themselves against…

The generally bearish outlook of commodity investor Eric Sprott has made for a challenging 2009 for his Canadian investment firm.

Sprott Inc., which debuted in a Canadian-listed IPO over a year ago, saw a wider loss year over year in its…

Though the market downturn was devastating for the Harvard endowment, 2009’s extend rally has kept the more dire forecasts from being realized.

According to Bloomberg, the value of Harvard’s investments fell by -27.3% in the year ended June 30, not as…