Golden start to earnings?
COMMODITIES SECTOR
Raw belief
Thinking that global demand for raw materials will accelerate, Marshall Berol, co-manager of Encompass Fund, has committed much of the portfolio to energy stocks. Jonathan Burton reports.
• Gold rockets to new high | Gold's new target
• Shipping sector: Sea's power is diminished
COMMODITIES SECTOR
Raw belief
Thinking that global demand for raw materials will accelerate, Marshall Berol, co-manager of Encompass Fund, has committed much of the portfolio to energy stocks. Jonathan Burton reports.
• Gold rockets to new high | Gold's new target
• Shipping sector: Sea's power is diminished
U.S. stock futures rise on the dawn of earnings
season as gold futures clock a new all-time high.
• Datebook | Stocks to Watch | Preview
• Europe rises on gold | Asia rides gold's rally
Housing MARKET
Housing's hinges
When it comes to real-estate values perception is reality. Enter five housing-market developments that we’ll need to see before a full recovery.
CURRENCIES
Weak buck sidelines bears
Diminished dollar is playing a key role in market's climb as dollar-based commodity stocks get a lift.
• Datebook | Stocks to Watch | Preview
• Europe rises on gold | Asia rides gold's rally
Housing MARKET
Housing's hinges
When it comes to real-estate values perception is reality. Enter five housing-market developments that we’ll need to see before a full recovery.
CURRENCIES
Weak buck sidelines bears
Diminished dollar is playing a key role in market's climb as dollar-based commodity stocks get a lift.
Brazil's torch
Rio de Janeiro's winning bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics opens up Brazil investment plays.
• Emerging Markets: Coverage
Amazon cuts Kindle price
Electronic reader to price at $259 in the U.S. as device also will be sold in over 100 countries.
• Tech Tales: Apple above the fray
U.S. EARNINGS KICKOFF: ALCOA
Closer to profit
When it pulls the curtain back on the start of earnings season after the market close today Alcoa, dragged down by weak demand for aluminum from the aerospace and construction sectors, is expected to report its fourth consecutive quarterly loss.
• Costco's fourth-quarter net is off 6%
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EUROPE STOCKS TO WATCH
Good to be number three
Congress is targeting the rating agencies that misread the credit crunch. Here's how Fitch's owner avoided Moody's fate.
• Goldman ups Europe business services firms
• Europe's IPO-market thaw | Food retailers eyed
AEROSPACE AND AIRLINES
Bad altitudes
Aer Lingus joins British Airways in announcing job cuts as traffic data from European airlines still grappled with reduced demand.
• Boeing's latest bungle | Boeing's $1 bln charge
• Banking on a recovery for airlines
• Airlines climb on September traffic
FINANCIALS
Baer buying
Julius Baer to acquire the Swiss private banking business of ING Group in a deal worth $506 mln.
• Santander books $2.1 bln gain after Brazil IPO
In Personal Finance »
Retirement living
401(k)s took hit in 2008
The average balance dropped 24% in 2008,
but still did better than the S&P 500.
• Catching a break on heating costs
TRADING STRATEGIES
Can the bull survive?
October historically has been scary for stocks.
Will it spook the 6-month-old bull market?
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
ETF advice that clicks
More individual investors are finding guidance
and tips on exchange-traded funds on the Web.
• Financial-sector ETF at near-term high
Video and Radio »
Weaning the U.S. off foreign oil
T. Boone Pickens updates WSJ's Paul Glader on his project to reduce the nation's reliance on foreign oil. He also discusses the dollar's sustaining power as the world's reserve currency.
Are images of dog fighting protected?
The new session of the Supreme Court opened with a battle over the First Amendment.
Ayn Rand falls from grace
Mean Street columnist Evan Newmark tells Dennis Berman that individualism isn't best for business.
Two ideas to spur job creation
Dreary unemployment numbers raise the following question: Are there any new ideas on stimulating job growth that would win backing in Congress?
• Unemployment may hinder Obama
Think twice about the yuan
Why it's best to avoid exchange-traded funds that specialize in the Chinese currency.
A flu-season remedy for investors
A leader in infection prevention and equipment sterilization, Steris could clean up.
• Keeping H1N1 at bay
For Peabody, Australia is coal country
Top U.S. coal company has placed bet on Asia's growing demand for coal. Watch its stock.
The digital camera evolves
Samsung and Nikon release new devices with innovative features but at a hefty price.
Investing »
Where's the revenue?
The easy money is off the tree as U.S. stock fund managers
worry about the lack of sales to boost corporate profits as the
third-quarter earnings season begins.
• Rally may have passed in international funds
• Bond investors rewarded for risk
• How to invest in real-estate mutual funds
The easy money is off the tree as U.S. stock fund managers
worry about the lack of sales to boost corporate profits as the
third-quarter earnings season begins.
• Rally may have passed in international funds
• Bond investors rewarded for risk
• How to invest in real-estate mutual funds
Todd Harrison
Memoirs of a Minyan