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Traditional, dead-wood media companies are dying. Take a look at the New York Times Co., America's (supposedly) great newspaper company. The NYT is a wonderful proxy for old-style content providers, such as newspapers and broadcasters, because it...

How a philosophy student became the number one investment newsletter analyst.

Lehman Brothers may be considering shopping around $30 billion in beat-down commercial mortgage-related assets, according to a report in the New York Post from last Friday, which cites anonymous insider sources.

Wachovia, now with A.G. Edwards under its wing, unloaded a whopper of bad news yesterday, reporting a second quarter loss of $8.9 billion, or $4.20 per share; that’s nearly three times more than some analysts expected.

Citigroup reported its second quarter earnings today, beating analyst expectations by losing far less money than anticipated.

Wall Street, to be exact. A buy signal?

I'd hate to run into Michael Panzner at a cocktail party. Talk about bringing a person down. In his revised and updated book, Financial Armageddon: Protect Your Future From Economic Collapse (Kaplan Publishing), Panzner argues that America and the...

During the heyday of paper assets, stockbrokers regularly lorded over their commodity-dealing brethren. It wasn't personal, mind you, just the nature of the business. Stock jockeys were making commissions hand over fist, leaving commodities...

In February, stock fund investors did a curious thing. Instead of running for the exits as the S&P 500 continued falling, they pumped large sums of new money into U.S. and international stock funds. Are investors getting smarter, buying when the...