There is little doubt that we are in unprecedented times. The complicated web of mortgage backed securities and collateralized debt obligations has weaved its way throughout the global financial markets and the underlying economy...

Recently released consumer metrics show a positive uptick in consumers' view of the future US economic outlook...

Oil prices continue to see volatility, as a recent Energy Information Administration weekly inventory report showing U.S. gasoline supplies fell 3.5 million barrels last week...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer prices advanced 0.6% in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, following a 0.2% increase in April...

Economic indicators indicating that higher energy and food prices might be seeping into other parts of the economy, coupled with continued concerns about the high price of oil, continue to hold back stock market performance...