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Monday, February 8 2010 | 06:30 PM EDT |

DJIA (DIA) S&P 500 (SPY)

Monday Wrap: Nerves Over Financials

Closing Updates (Market Currents)

More on: Financials, Commodities, Options, Today's Market

Dividend Investing Ideas

John Thain's Back, And CIT Has Him

Former Merrill Lynch chief John Thain is back in the spotlight. He's been tapped to be chairman and CEO of CIT Group , effective immediately. (Press release)

Due Diligence: The Ranks of Banks

More on: Financial stocks, Investment Banks, Major & Intl. Banks

The Future of Plastic

USA Today: More consumers just say no to credit cards

Largecaps and Covered Calls Are Key to Outperformance in 2010

"Riskier, smaller companies with higher P/E’s and lower dividends outperformed last year, keeping the larger, higher dividend yielding companies at fairly attractive current prices," says wealth manager Tyler Vernon of Biltmore Capital Management.

Aside from overweighting largecaps, Vernon's firm writes covered calls for yield, as he believes the market will be range-bound for some time. He also hedges equity positions with puts and uses structured notes rather heavily. Here's why »

Super Bowl Stories, Market Edition

Market Week: Looking Forward

Hank Paulson, China Trade, And Common Sense

More Book reviews

Commodities in Focus

More on: Materials/Industrials, Commodities

AAA: Now There Are Four...

In the wake of the Berkshire Hathaway downgrade yesterday, consider this: Only four U.S. non-financial firms now are rated AAA: ADP, JNJ, MSFT, XOM.

See all of today's headlines »

Market Currents|Top Stories

6:28 PM Japan Airlines confirms it will keep its alliance partnership with American Airlines (AMR), ending talks with Delta (DAL). ((WSJ)) Comment!
6:19 PM Teck Resources (TCK): Q4 EPS of $0.70 beats by $0.18. Revenue of $2.2B (+37.5%) vs. $1.6B. (PR) Comment!
6:05 PM W.R. Berkley (WRB): Q4 EPS of $0.81 includes gains from investments of $0.10/share and may not be comparable to estimate of $0.67. Revenue of $1.18B (+9%) vs. $1.15B. (PR) Comment!

All today's Market Currents »

Select StockTalks

MarketGuy: well, before the open I said Friday's rally was not to be trusted. Trend remains down.

4 minutes ago
Beyond Trading: It is amazing the level of trading profits during the past few weeks. Any trader with a brain could have made 100% easily

7 minutes ago
Archman Investor: Amazing that the headlines always emphasize the useless DJIA. Meaningless index should be ignored. Nothing more than Wall Street hype.

11 minutes ago