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The S&P 500 index is down around 6% this month. If we close out next week in the red then the 'sell in May' trading pattern will have held true for 4 out of the last 5 years.

There hasn’t been much excitement on the financial markets today. And considering the date, that’s nothing new.

Apparently Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is offering a derivative product to the hedge funds that allow investors to go long gold and short the exploration sector.

Women’s retailer Talbots (NYSE: TLB) was counting on a takeover bid from private-equity firm Sycamore Partners. Now that the deal has fallen through, Talbots’ stock is getting crushed.

Are your top three investing goals capital preservation, to generate income and growth – in that order? Well, look further than covered calls.

A quick look at the chart below reveals that XLE is less than 2% above a strong support zone (blue line in chart) near $63 that proved to be sturdy in August, September, November and December. 

What is Facebook worth? Even after falling 13% from its IPO price, the stock is still way too expensive.

Unprecedented hype and lofty IPO goals resulted in a Facebook valuation that is severely out of whack.

Kevin McElroy and I went to buy and sell silver at a local vendor yesterday. Here's what we learned.

Facebook sales have been growing rapidly for years. However, as the social network matures, challenges to that growth are mounting.