Investment

Budget Battles

  • Detroit’s 60-Year Decline into Bankruptcy Hell

    By Eric Pianin

    Detroit’s People Mover in a small way epitomized much of what has led to the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. It was a superficial fix that lined the pockets of developers and provided...

  • More Bumps Ahead in Second Quarter Earnings?

    By Patti Domm, CNBC

    For the first time in weeks, Federal Reserve officials are keeping a low profile and stocks may be more influenced by a rush of earnings news in the week ahead.

  • 4 Reasons to Believe in the Bull Market

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    “Be a bull, be a bull. The whole world loves a bull…” Cole Porter may be spinning in his grave in response to the violent assault on his 1948 ditty, but the lyrics and upbeat melody do chime with the...

  • Corporate America Hurt by China’s Slowdown

    By Angela Moon, Reuters

    As the world's second-largest economy - and still growing - China is seen as a primary source of revenue growth by the largest U.S. companies. But a country that once boasted double-digit growth is...

  • The One Regulator Some Banks Fear Most

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Quick, which regulatory agency are Wall Street’s biggest banks most worried about right now? If you answered that it must be the Securities and Exchange Commission, your response, while logical, is...