The two trends that were ruling were pastel colors on young Hollywood starlets like Kristen Stewart and best actress winner Jennifer Lawrence, and embellished gowns on carpet vets like Halle Berry. Article Thumbnail:  Article Image(s):  read more...

Stocks closed at a new post-crisis high today. Meanwhile, earnings growth expectations, which are the most important drivers of stocks, continue to fall. “Since the end of the fourth quarter (December 31), analysts have also reduced earnings...

Stock prices are going up as earnings expectations are going down.  And earnings expectations are arguably the most important drivers of stocks.  In technical terms, strategists will call this multiples expansion.  In other words, valuations are rising...

Disinfo Who said vanity yielded no benefits? From Bloomberg News comes this stunning news of progress in the war on STDs: Pubic lice, the crab-shaped insects that have dwelled in human groins since the beginning of history, are disappearing....

One of the key distinctions between U.S. stocks and the U.S. economy is exposure to overseas economies. Indeed, stock market strategists have pointed out for years that the stock market’s exposure to high-growth foreign economies is a...

About the only certainty in the stock market is that, over the long haul, over performance turns into under performance and vice versa. Is there a pattern to this movement? Let’s apply some simple regression analysis (see...