Goldman Sachs reported earnings today and easily surpassed expectations. Many analysts see an upside to Goldman's share and have rated it a "buy". Find out how they shattered their previous earnings record.

Questions surround the U.S. economy. We take a historical look at recessions and recoveries in hopes of gaining an insight to current market conditions. Find a way to profit from every section of the downturn and recovery.

The collapse of the housing market and rising unemployment are making it increasingly difficult for consumers to pay their bills. Delinquencies -- payments more than 30 days past due -- are on the rise.

Michael Jackson was commonly known as the king of pop. He should also be crowned the king of pop ownership. The eccentric music legend owns the rights to songs by the Beatles, Elvis, and Hank Williams.

Google is the world's leading advertiser, but sought to branch out by expanding their product line into operating systems. Aimed at netbooks, the Google system is less memory intensive, streamlining processes on the stressed laptops. 

The economy doesn't look good. Housing looks even worse. So why should you be venturing into the Nevada desert for an investment opportunity?

What investors really want to know right now is if the market has bottomed -- and if it's safe to invest new money. After all, if you got into the market just after the last recession ended in December 2001, you would have lost more than -20% before the market bottomed in October the following year. Fortunately, I've just unearthed a readily available, yet little-known market indicator. And if you had used its "buy" and "sell" signals, you would have made +76.3% on an investment tied to the S&P 500, versus taking an -18.7% loss by simply buying and holding over the last eight years.