Investment
  • Dow, S&P 500 Rise for Sixth Straight Week

    By Angela Moon, Reuters

    The S&P 500 held near a four-year high on Friday, and the market's key gauge of anxiety sank to its lowest since 2007, suggesting a belief that the problems stressing investors might be closer to...

  • Facebook Drops to New Low. Time to Buy?

    By Theweek.com, TheWeek.com

    Facebook's shares dropped to their lowest level since the social media giant went public in May, as investors who were locked into holding 271 million shares became eligible to sell — and sell they...

  • Seeing Opportunity, Carlyle Goes on a Buyout Binge

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Deals, deals, deals. Global merger and acquisition activity may be in the doldrums, but don’t tell that to the folks in the private equity arena, or at Carlyle Group (CG) in particular. Dealmakers at...

  • With Dividend Hike, Cisco Evolves from Sexy to Safe

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Better late than never. It has been less than 18 months since Cisco Systems (CSCO) began paying out some of its cash mountain, now nearly $50 billion, in the form of dividends. But on Wednesday, the...

  • Jim Rogers on the Coming Fiscal ‘Catastrophe’

    As the U.S. heads for the fiscal cliff at the end of the year, the chairman of Rogers Holdings has been outspoken about the consequences of the country’s growing national debt.