How to trade red-hot commodities
With prices for most everything soaring, here's a primer on how to play the game using exchange-traded funds -- and a selection of the best ETFs to choose from.
Archive for May 13, 2008
Will our kids be dumb and broke?
You don't have to be a parent to know that this country has a giant spending problem -- and that we must teach the next generation to do better. But how?
Profit from retail’s survivors
It's a bloodbath out there, but as some retailers fail, their competitors will benefit and even flourish. Here are the chains worth betting on.
Does Carl Icahn have eyes for Yahoo?
Yahoo and tech stocks get a boost from reports that the shareholder activist may wage a proxy fight against Yahoo's management. The Dow and S&P 500 end down slightly. Oil nearly reaches $127 a barrel. Hewlett-Packard shares dive on EDS deal.