Toy retailer Toys 'R Us has unveiled its top toy-buying trends for this holiday season. Topping the list is a focus on nostalgic playthings like hula hoops.    Read More

Stocks rallied on Wednesday and the Dow closed above10,000 for the first time in over a year. Rick Bensignor, chief market strategist at Execution and Jill Evans, co-portfolio manager at Alpine Funds, discussed what lies ahead.    Read More

Dow Jones 10,000 arrived on Wall Street today for the first time in a year. It’s a milestone of sorts, and it certainly represents a vote for investor confidence in economic recovery. Blowout profit reports form Intel and JPMorgan helped fuel today’s 145 point gain. So did a retail sales report that excluding Cash for Clunkers was actually quite strong.    Read More

The Federal Reserve agreed to slow down the pace of a $1.25 trillion program to buy mortgage securities, according to minutes from the FOMC meeting. Clem Chambers, CEO of ADVFN and Charles Crane, managing director at Douglass Winthrop Advisors discussed their views on the minutes of the Fed meeting.    Read More

Financials are leading stocks higher as the Dow marches toward the critical 10,000 milestone. So how high can we go this year? Dan Genter, president, CEO and CIO of RNC Genter Capital Management and Dan Fitzpatrick, president at Stockmarket Mentor, discussed their market outlooks.    Read More

Legendary Wall Street investor Byron Wien, senior managing director at Blackstone Group, issued his predictions of top surprises for 2009 at the beginning of the year. Ten months later, he discussed those predictions with CNBC.    Read More

The CBOE Volatility index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, is currently trading below 23, well off its high near 80 last fall. How can investors use the VIX to benefit their portfolios? Paul Britton, CEO and founder of Capstone, shared his volatility strategy.    Read More

Last night distinguished South Dakota Sen. John Thune, chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, joined me to discuss the $829 billion Baucus bill just passed by the Senate Finance Committee.    Read More

JPMorgan Chase reported sharply higher third-quarter results that blew past Wall Street expectations. Jeffery Harte, managing director of equity research at Sandler O’Neill, shared his analysis of the financial giant.    Read More

The National Association of Business Economists - and don't we all want to be part of that convention at party time! - issued a report the other day that doesn't ring true to me.   Read More