Is there much we can do besides wait? Could $5 gas arrive with summer? As of April 6, U.S. retail gasoline prices were up 20.15% YTD; on that date, AAA’s national survey had the price of regular unleaded averaging $3.94 per gallon. So what happens this spring and summer – traditionally when Americans tend to [...]

The frenzy is building. Should you care? Anticipation is high. Facebook filed an S-1 form with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, taking its first big step toward going public. It aims to raise $5 billion through its upcoming IPO. Some of the details from the S-1 form: Facebook’s revenue climbed from $777 [...]

Will Apple remain in the lead? Or will its rivals set the pace?  “He changed the way each of us sees the world.” How many CEOs leave that kind of legacy? How many get that kind of compliment (from President Obama, no less)? Steve Jobs’ death on October 5 drew myriad tributes to his sustained [...]

Coping with the market during a rough week for stocks. As expected, a plunge. World stock markets swooned on August 8 in reaction to Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. long-term debt. On Wall Street, the DJIA fell 634.76, the S&P 500 79.92 and the NASDAQ 174.42. It was the toughest day on Wall Street [...]

Unimpressed with U.S. deficit reduction plans, S&P delivers on its warning. Unprecedented and unsettling. Standard & Poor’s issued a historic downgrade of U.S. debt on August 5, sensibly waiting until the market week had concluded to send a shock wave toward global investors. It reduced America’s long-term debt rating – which had been AAA since [...]