President Obama said he wanted to send 78 million American seniors a check for $250 each.

JPMorgan, the Wall Street firm that was bailed out by the feds a year ago, reported income of $3.6 billion in the 3rd quarter. With that kind of profit in the financial sector, it won’t be long before the whole economy is running red hot, right?

Mortgage lenders say they expect the peak in foreclosures to come about a year from now.

October is almost half over. Will we get through the month without a major sell-off?

When consumers stop consuming, the US economy’s wheels stop turning.

House prices are down 30% to 50%. The dollar is down about a third too. That makes the United States a bargain.

Gold touched a new record, even as the dollar rose, oil slumped under $70 and stocks dipped very slightly.

What will the future look like? No one knows. But investors thought they saw things they liked.

This time, it's not a typical post-war recession. It's something different.

The old bubble economy of the 2002-2007 period is dead. Now, survivors must defend themselves from the zombies.