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Markets leapt higher as investors anticipate an increase in the debt ceiling. President Obama is set to meet with Republicans this afternoon and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew recommended the increase. Major Averages The Dow Jones Industrial Average spiked 323.09 points, or 2.18 percent, to 15,...

By Bryan Wiener We are now entering week two of the government shutdown. The United States Congress did not pass a Continuing Resolution emergency budget on Monday, September 30, and the country's fiscal and economic welfare is in limbo. Bipartisan feuding over the efficacy of President Obama's...

Don’t know how to play the government shutdown? If you’re the type that trades on history, you buy it. You go all-in; you think of it the same way Carl Icahn thinks of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)—as a no-brainer because history shows that government shutdowns are great for your portfolio! You...

Markets finally seem to be aware that a debt ceiling is coming. There probably won’t be as much of a sell off as was witnessed saw in 2011, when markets dropped more than 15 percent, because the chaos is now predicted. Helping to simplify things was a lack of economic data on the day. The...

This weekend in Barron's online: the looming economic calamity if entitlement spending is not reined in, as well as the prospects for AMC Networks, Prem Watsa and more. Cover Story "What, Me Worry?" by Gene Epstein. Unless Washington stops dithering, says this week's cover story in Barron's, the...

At approximately 1:08PM EST Tuesday, a tweet from the Associated Press' official twitter account came out stating that the White House had been the target of a bombing and that President Obama had been injured. S&P futures plummeted 16 points while the Dow Jones spiked downwards, dropping as...

On Tuesday night, President Barrack Obama will deliver the first State of the Union speech of his second term. State of the Union addresses are often long on great oration, but short on rhetoric worth remembering beyond a couple of days after the speech. In recent memory, the U.S. has had few...

Sally Jewell is a retail executive and outdoor enthusiast. She has worked in commercial banking and as an engineer for Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM). She also served on the board of directors of Avista Corp. (NYSE: AVA), a Spokane-based power utility, from 1997 through 2003. And, Jewell is...

This weekend in Barron's online: dealing with the fiscal cliff, special reports on retirement, and the prospects for Berkshire Hathaway. Cover Story "Shock Treatment" by Gene Epstein. "So I think it's really important for the fiscal policy makers to, you know, work together and find a solution...

Kenyans in Kogelo, the ancestral home of President Barrack Obama's father, are in a celebratory mood following news that Obama won reelection. Reports indicate that the jubilant mood is, however, not as high as it was four years ago when Obama was first elected as President. Heady expectations...

CNBC's Jeff Cox reported Monday that investors seem to be making bigger bets on which candidate will win the 2012 US presidential election. At that time, Cox discussed that "[o]ne analysis concludes that last week's sharp three-day market surge can only mean that Wall Street is banking on a...

This weekend in Barron's online: the booming vegetable and fruit juice market, as well as a return to the gold standard, the prospects for Calpine, Canon and John Bean Technologies, and more. Cover Story "Drink Up!" by Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal. The consumption of super-premium vegetable juices in...