Stock market wild card: big spending cuts

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With a deadline nearing in the latest battle over the U.S. budget, a key question for equity investors next week is whether the likelihood of spending cuts will spur a correction in a market that�s sitting at multiyear highs. See full story..

First rule of currency war: Don�t say currency war

The G-20 has given the green light to stimulative policies that will weaken the yen and other currencies, so long as policy makers don�t explicitly target foreign exchange. See full story..

Economy, like battleship, plods forward

Like an old battleship, the economy keeps plodding ahead even as potential bombshells splash all around. See full story..

How you can be a smart market timer

Mutual fund investors habitually get the worst from their funds, earning lower returns than the investment vehicles they are buying. They don�t have to settle for that, writes Chuck Jaffe. See full story..

American Dream died with Dow 49,200 forecast

Today, all investors, Main Street and Wall Street only see today�s closing prices, quarterly earnings, year-end bonuses. There is no long vision of an American Dream in our destiny. See full story..

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Why is an old iPhone still worth hundreds of dollars? New research suggests a surprising explanation: hoarding. More than half of American consumers say they have two or more unused cell phones in their house. See full story..