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2010 outlook: Flat is the new up

If 2008 was the year the stock market almost died and 2009 was the year that the market miraculously sprung back to life, then what will 2010 be?

The Masters of the Universe are back

Mergers are all the rage in Corporate America again. Healthy companies are looking to take advantage of their strong balance sheets and surging stock prices to strike while the iron is hot.

Shut up, Lloyd Blankfein!

The public relations gurus who are advising Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein might want to give him some new advice. Shut up!

China may need to live with weak dollar

President Obama is in China this week meeting with that nation's leaders. Since China is the largest foreign owner of U.S. debt, I wonder if they are going to give Obama a free toaster.

Is 5th time the charm for the S&P 500?

To paraphrase the sage words of Spinal Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnel, investors are hoping that the S&P 500 goes to 11. Hundred, that is.

No sex for this Citi

Citigroup may no longer be on life support. But that's little consolation for the bank's numerous shareholders, a group that now includes every taxpayer in the country.

For retailers, Xmas is only kind of blue

Welcome to the bizarre world of Wall Street where good news is often bad news simply because it isn't good enough.

AIG CEO: What about Bob?

It's not easy to feel sympathy for politicians and regulators in Washington and overpaid corporate board members. But hot-tempered AIG chief executive officer Robert Benmosche is doing his best to make them look good.

The dollar is weak because ...

Here's the latest twist on the timeless chicken versus the egg debate. Which came first: the stock and commodities rally or the weaker dollar?

The silence of the bears

It's hard out there for a bear. The government practically gift-wrapped a perfect scenario for a market bloodbath Friday, but for some reason traders didn't bite.

Berkshire Hathaway for $68? Sweet!

I don't know about you, but I don't have a spare $101,900 stuffed under my couch cushions to buy an "A" share of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. I probably could scrounge together $3,395 for one "B" share, but I would rather not.

Can gold hit $1,500?

Gold investors are partying like it's 1849.

Why the Droid won't save Motorola

Motorola is obviously hoping that, to twist a famous Obi-Wan Kenobi quote from "Star Wars," its heavily hyped new phone is the Droid people are looking for.

Is Warren Buffett calling a bottom?

Warren Buffett said he's making an "all-in wager on the economic future of the United States" with the purchase of railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Let's hope it's a bet that Buffett wins.

Buffett bank favorite gets bigger

U.S. Bancorp is probably the biggest bank you've never heard of. But there are two reasons why you might want to start paying attention to it.

GE, Verizon and Wal-Mart: Scary stocks

Halloween is finally here. But many investors have been getting more treats than tricks for nearly eight months now.

Your move, Ben Bernanke

Now that the economy has broken its four-quarter long slump, will Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke be more open to the idea of raising interest rates sometime soon?

Executive pay crackdown is a joke

What do you know? The suits at troubled finance firm GMAC must like working for less money. How else to explain that GMAC is reportedly trying to get a third helping of government rescue funds? GMAC is one of the seven firms that the Obama administration announced sweeping changes in executive compensation for last week.

Wall Street plays new game of risk

Hey there risk. Welcome back. What's shaking?

Internet bubble 2.0? Not so fast

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in October for online retailing stocks. Christmas 1999, that is.