I believe the strongest rotation now is into basic materials and energy, which is why stocks in Brazil, Australia, South Africa and the Republic of Texas have been shining.

The past few weeks have been an amazing period to witness in the market, as some of the riskiest stocks have powered higher amid swelling disbelief from the media and many veteran professionals.

As deep as the U.S. auto industry's financial crisis seems to be, there may actually be a fairly simple solution.

Everywhere you turn, the current bear market is being compared to the one that started back in 1929.

Will the market move higher? John Markman discusses the valuation of the S&P 500 as confidence continues to drag on the market.

There is a growing sense of panic in the trading pits, as demand is just not materializing at levels that should, by all precedent and reason, attract buyers.

Stocks continue to dance on the edge of oblivion this week as investors busily analyze President Obama's new homeowner assistance plan.

John Markman comments on the market ahead of the Government's announcement of the foreclosure plan next week.

Stocks rose last week at a peppy pace once investors discovered that the 820 level of the S&P 500 appeared to provide a firm foundation. In a bouncy span of six days, the Dow Jones Industrials and S&P 500 rose 5%, the S&P Smallcap 600 rose 6%, the S&P Midcap 400 rose 6% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 8%.

The strongest leadership in the market this year is coming from the drug sector. Let's take a quick look at one: AstraZeneca (AZN).

Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg is pulling no punches these days. He says his research shows that we are in the midst of a full-on depression that cannot be thwarted by government intervention.

Sentiment is tense, investors are antsy, fundamentals are weak and volume trends are poor. At times like these, bulls will grasp for straws, and that is when they look at the economy for help.

At the risk of stating the obvious, the world economic system is in a hell of a fix due to the impact of so many loans gone bad, and it's not just because two of the biggest banks in England and the United States this week suffered another public beating.

Stocks have floated languidly this week like paper airplanes looking for a place to land. Leaders are energy, materials and utilities, while laggards were REITS, autoparts makers and regional banks.

Stocks continue to struggle, with no equity sectors standing out with significant strength as a new collapse in the banks overshadow everything else. Read on to find out how you can benefit.

In my three decades of investing, the only method that I have seen consistently work is to buy shares of companies that are fast-growing, cheap and innovative -- and are also in sectors, market cap groups or investment styles that the market currently favors. And I've got just such a play for you.

On the surface, the big rally on the first work day of the new Obama Administration appeared to be a mirror image of the massive down day that preceded it. Yet the internals were quite different.