Investment

Budget Battles

  • 4 Oddball Investment Ideas That Can Make You Money

    By Anne Brennan, The Fiscal Times

    With the volatile stock market and bumpy U.S. economy, many investors are looking to non-traditional investment ideas such as collectibles and peer-to-peer loans.

  • The Netflix Chainsaw Massacre

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Not all earnings surprises are created equal. Better-than-expected earnings reports have been contributing to stock price gains for much of the last two weeks. And then there’s Netflix (NFLX), which...

  • Global Growth Still Reliant on Asia

    By JONATHAN CABLE and Anooja Debnath, Reuters

    The global economy is set to expand by a modest 3.3 percent this year as a still-smoldering euro zone debt crisis and a relatively slow U.S. recovery continue to leave Asia as the main driver of...

  • Is the Apple Bubble Ready to Pop?

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    The manic swings in Apple (AAPL) shares lately are leaving investors reeling. Down $17, down $25, up $30, down $21. Even for a stock that’s seesawing around $600 a share, those point swings have been...

  • Microsoft Earnings Top Expectations

    By Bill Rigby, Reuters

    Microsoft Corp beat Wall Street's profit forecast as computer sales held up better than expected, lifting its shares 2.5 percent after hours.