Shares of Netflix are ripping today after the video rental and streaming company posted a surprise profit in the fourth-quarter. The stock is trading up more than 37%. Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson, who runs T2 Partners,...

The Sinocism newsletter is compiled by Bill Bishop, and republished here with permission. Be Informed About China. The Sinocism China Newsletter. Free Our kids started their five week Chinese New Year vacation at 10 AM today, so just links this...

World markets are all drifting lower, but things really got started off on a negative footing with Japan. The Japanese market has been one of the hottest stock markets in the world, thanks to talk and plans...

There’s no question: Today was a major game-changer for the movement to circumvent the debt ceiling by minting a platinum coin, a strategy that would take advantage of an arcane area of the law relating to coinage....

It was an interesting day in the markets. It was a stereotypically “risk-on” day (stocks up, dollar down, etc.) until the Fed minutes came out. The minutes revealed (apparently to the market’s surprise) that several members of...

Depending on the status of Fiscal Cliff rumors, it could be quiet today, but there are two important economic datapoints. From Calculated Risk: • At 9:00 AM, the S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Index for October will be released....

From Goldman’s fantastic chart presentation on Chinese energy use comes this chart: Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story » Clusterstock

On Wednesday, we showed you some of the best user photos from “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day,” which became a conservative-fueled success. On Friday came the LGBT community’s response to that — National Same Sex Kiss Day, in which thousands...

Investors are anxiously waiting for the Federal Reserve to make its latest monetary policy decision today. While many were hopeful that the Fed would make proactive moves to bolster what it calls a “frustratingly slow” recovery, general...

European markets and U.S. futures are mostly flat this morning, with little news overnight. That follows an unpleasant Nikkei close. That index fell 1.42 percent in Asian trading. This lull could be because there’s little economic data...