Mar 8: When Warren Buffett gets the markets wrong -- as in the case of insuring against junk bond defaults and owning GE -- he often still makes money because he gets the right price. More
Mar 2: New York Democrat Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Republican Chris Christie are both facing huge deficits and coming to the same conclusions. More
Feb 22 Equities are looking a lot less interesting as an investment than they did when almost no one wanted them, and Treasuries are looking a lot more interesting than they did when everyone wanted them. More
Feb 8: It's hard to believe, but there are bankers out there who give the business a good name. Arthur F.F. Snyder was one of them. More
Jan 19: When the government offered GMAC's old shareholders a free ride, how could they turn it down? More
Jan 4: For many of the people whom President Obama calls "rich," the Bush tax cuts didn't make much difference. That's largely because of the Alternative Minimum Tax. More
Dec 28: We didn't fix the major problems that led to the financial meltdown that produced the "Great Recession," obliterating millions of jobs and dreams. Will next year bring new hope for effective financial reform? More
Dec 21: Don't look for indictments in Andrew Cuomo's case against the accounting firm. That could kill the business, and no one wants that. More
6:02am: Deer-related car accidents cost us $3.8 billion annually, and that figure is on the rise. These animals are no longer cute, woodsy things. They need to be killed. More
Oct 26: The companies that helped create the financial meltdown that touched off the Great Recession have found yet another way to undermine the public's faith in capitalism: the foreclosure fiasco. More
Sep 7: Are you consistently making mortgage payments on underwater loans? You deserve a break too. More
Aug 18: Doomsayers abound, but history shows that the financial markets have survived quite well without a lower rate. More
Aug 10: It's one of the world's biggest piles of funny money, but when the deficits get out of hand, no one will be laughing. More
Jul 20: George Steinbrenner moved his wealth from shipbuilding to sports at precisely the right time. More
Jul 13: Going green may be the only option, but encouraging widespread use of new energy technology is difficult. What's the fix? Tax gasoline and electricity. More
Jun 29: Contrast Dodd-Frank with the legislation that emerged after the Great Depression, and you almost have to laugh. More
Jun 11: Why I feel little sympathy for the investment managers who could soon end up shelling out more to Uncle Sam. More
Jun 1: Any way you look at it, shareholders in the eight largest bailed out financial firms are the real losers. More
May 28: If you live in fear of the wild swings on Wall Street, here are the words of wisdom I give my own family. More
May 18: When interest rates go up, you could miss out on significant income from your "risk-free" bond. More
May 7: Whether you're trading millions of dollars in stock or just trying to get a prescription filled, a computer glitch can make life pretty hard. More
May 5: If Washington makes these moves to regulate Wall Street, there's hope the reform will be true reform. If not, get ready for more bailouts. More
May 5: If Washington makes these moves to regulate Wall Street, there's hope the reform will be true reform. If not, get ready for more bailouts. More
May 4: Back in 2007, before Goldman Sachs had become a 24/7 whipping boy, my colleague, Doris Burke, and I wrote an article showing how Goldman had peddled a particularly wretched issue of mortgage-backed securities to its customers, and had also bet against the kind of mortgages that made up the securities. More
Apr 19: The real question isn't whether Goldman violated the securities law, but why it put its repuation on the line in its dealings with Abacus. More
Apr 6: As Tax Day nears, laugh a little, get riled up, and learn new factoids from a quotations book about our complicated tax system. More
Feb 2: New congressional report shows that Social Security is taking in less than it is spending on benefits. More
Jan 19: A modest proposal to solve Wall Street's bonus problem - and our problem with Wall Street. More
Jan 12: A congressional analysis of the excise tax plan concludes that individuals would end up paying more, in taxes, than employers and insurers. More
Dec 29: Allan Sloan reflects on the year's stories: TARP, bailouts, and the market - and what will be the big story of 2010. More
Nov 17: From Wall Street to the Beltway, 2009 was a very bad year for business. Plus: the turkey of the decade. More
Oct 27: Hyatt has proved to be a money pit for the Wall Street firm and the mega-rich family. An inside look at a billion-dollar investment gone bad. More
Oct 20: Ultralow rates are hurting the nation's prudent savers as they bear the brunt of Wall Street. More
Oct 14: Allan Sloan answers reader mail about his abandonment of Saturn, including notes from two particular chief executives. More
Sep 22: How the chief of Tribune Co. is diverting money from the taxpayers to his firm's creditors. More
Sep 15: Allan Sloan answers questions about illegal immigrants, social security bookkeeping and his picture. More
Aug 26: The current reform plan has problems galore. Starting with the fact that it's 1,017 pages long. More
Aug 4: The government made money on American Express and Goldman Sachs, but 628 banks with outstanding debts are in considerably weaker condition. More
Jul 17: The investment bank is fat and happy again, but you wouldn't know it from its squabbling with the Treasury over the warrants in the TARP deal. More
Jun 16: Last year, the long-term U.S. securities were a brilliant investment. This year is a completely different story. More
Jun 8: The feds refused to buy troubled assets with TARP cash. It's one of the smarter moves they've made. More
Jun 1: Thanks to a change in the rules, the company and its shareholders will save big on the AOL spinoff. More
May 19: The automaker's onetime arch-foe tells Fortune he's worried that the government is driving GM's future without listening to the public. More
Mar 11: Some businesses on the dole are getting bashed for enjoying lavish events. Is that bad for taxpayers? More
Mar 10: Given how horrendous the markets have been lately, there's no need to dwell on the underperformers. More
Feb 27: If politicians were serious about reform, they'd posture less and would attack these four economic evils. More
Feb 13: Here's why the caps on Wall Street compensation announced by President Obama and Treasury secretary Tim Geithner don't amount to much. More
Jan 13: During the Bush administration, proposals to privatize Social Security were in vogue. Here's why today's retirees can be very happy it didn't happen. More
Jan 6: Oil prices fluctuate, buoyed by early reports that OPEC members will implement production cuts but also pulled lower by dismal reports on the U.S. economy. More
Jan 5: You shouldn't expect regulators to catch bigtime financiopaths like Bernie Madoff - that's not how the world works. More
Nov 18: To avoid another big spike in gas prices, raise the gas tax and let market forces go to work. More
Nov 7: GM said Detroit would go under unless it could buy Chrysler. Then it had second thoughts. More
Oct 13: Sometimes having the right manager is more important than picking the right investment category. More
Oct 6: Borrow the money now, don't trade cash for trash, and other sensible ideas the government is unlikely to follow. More
Sep 26: Don't be surprised if the cure conjured up by Washington fails to solve the market's woes. More
Sep 2: Why, after years of measured silence, has Greenspan morphed into the great communicator? More
Jul 30: When it comes to tax loopholes, there are few better than Sam Zell. Will he strike again with the Cubs deal? More
May 12: How two big, long-term investors, Bill Miller and Gordon Crawford, played a short-term game with the Yahoo/Microsoft deal and stumbled. More
Apr 14: High-income folks like me don't qualify for rebate checks. But we're getting so much more. More
Mar 19: Because the trust fund is invested in Treasuries, the real problem starts not in 2040, but a decade or so from now. More
Mar 10: It shouldn't work this way, but it's true: Tax-exempt mutual funds are today yielding more than Treasury funds. Is it time to swap your portfolio? More
Feb 18: Steve Miller's autobiography is a must-read if you want to understand business - and businesspeople. More
Feb 4: Wall Street heavy hitter Joe Rosenberg says the Yahoo bid doesn't make any sense for Microsoft shareholders. More
Jan 11: Brace yourselves, taxpayers of America. You're going to help Bank of America finance its $4 billion buyout of Countrywide. More
Dec 31: Two things stand out from 2007 -- the peak of the private equity craze, and panic about debt markets. More
Dec 27: You don't know whether we're in a recession until months after it starts. But investing successfully requires looking forward, not backward. More
Oct 19: Even a skeptic like Fortune's Allan Sloan admits that sometimes - as with banking stocks and rating agencies - it's hard to see financial holes until it's too late. More
Oct 16: A close-up of one deal shows how subprime mortgages went bad, says Fortune's Allan Sloan. More
Oct 3: Longtime Forbes editor James W. Michaels was the best of the best, recalls Fortune's Allan Sloan, who worked with him for decades. More
Sep 28: The reckless are getting relief from Bernanke while the prudent are paying the price, argues Fortune's Allan Sloan. More
Sep 24: A little-noticed provision of Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones takeover allows the Bancroft family to defer taxes. Fortune's Allan Sloan opens up the books. More
Sep 7: In all the anxiety over turbulent markets, it's easy to lose sight of what has and hasn't changed. Fortune's Allan Sloan spotlights two eternal financial verities. More
Sep 4: You're about to hear that the budget deficit is falling. Don't believe it, warns Fortune's Allan Sloan. The deficit is much, much bigger than you think. More
Aug 22: When Wall Street fails, it inevitably asks for a handout. Fortune's Allan Sloan says there must be a better way. More
Aug 1: Because of the share structure, the family had less control than owners of the New York Times and Washington Post. And guess what: The same thing could happen to Murdoch. More
Jul 30: A triple-digit change in the Dow means... almost nothing. Fortune's Allan Sloan explains the math, and why you shouldn't panic in tough times. More
Jul 23: Blackstone's IPO was even sweeter for its founders than you thought, says Fortune's Allan Sloan. More
Company | Price | Change | % Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ford Motor Co | 8.29 | 0.05 | 0.61% |
Advanced Micro Devic... | 54.59 | 0.70 | 1.30% |
Cisco Systems Inc | 47.49 | -2.44 | -4.89% |
General Electric Co | 13.00 | -0.16 | -1.22% |
Kraft Heinz Co | 27.84 | -2.20 | -7.32% |
Data as of 2:44pm ET
Index | Last | Change | % Change |
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Dow | 32,627.97 | -234.33 | -0.71% |
Nasdaq | 13,215.24 | 99.07 | 0.76% |
S&P 500 | 3,913.10 | -2.36 | -0.06% |
Treasuries | 1.73 | 0.00 | 0.12% |
Data as of 6:29am ET