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When a stock splits, call and put options are adjusted accordingly. In almost every case the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has provided rules an read more »
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Until now the record for mathematical lunacy by a legislative body has been held by the Indiana House of Representatives, which in 1897 decreed by a read more »
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Atmel Corp. today announced the completion of its independent investigation into its stock option granting records, and said that its now-apparent hi read more »
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The U.S. government's ongoing crackdown on stock options backdating hit home this week for two former senior executives of consumer electronics gian read more »
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Everything seems to be flowing Amazon.com's way this week.

This week, both Citigroup and Bank of America announced that Amazon could exceed Wall read more »
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An option is a contract between a buyer and a seller. The option is connected to something, such as a listed stock, an exchange index, futures contra read more »
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If you have been considering investing in stocks, you have likely heard a lot about stock market research. In fact, the most common advice that new i read more »
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>> Forex Brings Profit in Bear and Bull Markets
In the foreign exchange market, there is no short selling restriction. There is potential for profit read more »
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Although there are many similarities between trading in the stock market and on the forex market, several differences exist as well. As the forex mar read more »
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Wall Street tried for a modest rise Tuesday as investor grappled with a lackluster profit report from Best Buy Co. and a confirmation that new home c read more »
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Liquidity
The spot Forex market is a $1.9 trillion daily market, making it the largest and one of the most liquid market in the world. This market c read more »
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal inquiry into Whole Foods Market Inc. Chief Executive Joh read more »
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NEW YORK - Wall Street ended an extraordinary and record-setting week Friday by surging higher again, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 index past a read more »
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Stocks rallied to a sharply higher close Monday, sending the Dow industrials up by over 280 points for its best day since 2 read more »
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The STI opened weaker as US and Europe markets dipped last night. The STI recovered in the afternoon, however towards the close, it was pushed lower. read more »
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The Federal Reserve is going to cut the target on a key short-term interest rate on September 18. There is no mystery about that.

According to fut read more »
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Because of this little mental hiccup, investors pass up some of the best investment opportunities to come their way. read more »
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Many traders think of a position in stock options as a stock substitute that has a higher leverage and less required capital. After all, options can read more »
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Blackstone Acknowledges Tax Challenges but Leaves IPO Details Unchanged

NEW YORK (AP) -- Blackstone Group LP, dodging political scrutiny on the ev read more »
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Securities regulators declined Wednesday to make it illegal for brokerages to include the cost of stock and bond research in their fees for trading e read more »
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What's important about a standards story? Well, that depends on your audience, doesn't it?

Today’s stories that are directly and tangentially re read more »
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Where do you stand on the trade-off between investing in small, fast-growing companies and huge, well-established Goliaths? The good news is that som read more »
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NEW YORK, July 13 (Reuters) - Stock market bulls are betting strong second-quarter profits will send equities even higher with the earnings reporting read more »
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian fund managers and brokerages face a severe shortage of analysts as talent is snapped up by big-spending foreign firms lured read more »
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street surged higher in a volatile session Monday, offsetting the losses it incurred Friday but showing more fractiousness than read more »
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Last year I took a look at the hottest-selling funds and was encouraged to see that most of them were good choices. Things weren't always that way. read more »
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets rebounded early Tuesday, inspired by a strong overnight recovery on Wall Street, as bargain buying lifted fi read more »
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Factors Affecting the Buyout Landscape
Several factors are helping to drive acquisitions, including the insatiable demand for energy, which causes h read more »
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Not the first time
Remember all the hype last Christmas over Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation3? Sony cut its $599 price tag down to $499 this summer. read more »
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. service sector expanded in July more slowly than in June, a trade group said Friday, the latest in a series of reports suggesti read more »
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The Internet stocks have slipped in under the radar, and they're back on the offensive.

This sector has had "untouchable" status since the "te read more »
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WASHINGTON - The stock market is on a stomach-churning ride, the nation’s once high-flying housing market is sinking deeper into gloom, and credit, t read more »
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