By laying down the tracks of the Internet, Cisco has become the railroad of the New Economy. And the phone business may ensure it's not at the end of its growth track.

Bush's big idea for rescuing the economy is to make the rich richer. But guess what: Our financial malaise has nothing to do with inadequate spending by the wealthy.

The federal financial-watchdog group is supposed to look out for the little guy. But as the recent mutual-fund scandals prove, it’s coddling the rich.

How can you rebalance your portfolio? Start with some good old-fashioned staplers, cabinets, combination locks, and—yes—toilets.

Would a Chase-Merrill merger make sense for consumers, or for the market? And does it even matter, since megabanks get to do whatever they want?

Bookkeeping problems used to mark a stock as a must-sell. Today, when a company comes clean about creative accounting, it can signal an attractive bargain.

Doing all my trading in public seemed like a good idea at the time -- but it turns out there's nothing worse than being caught outside with your portfolio down.

Wasn't anybody listening? I warned that tech wasn't through breaking your heart, but you let its pumped-up, steroid-addled physique seduce you once more.

When the Net-stock bubble bursts -- thanks, in part, to the increasing flood of dubious IPOs (hello, Prodigy!) -- must serious tech stocks get hit, too?

Last week's sweet little bull run was, unfortunately, all form and no substance. But given a few strategic assists -- are you listening, Washington? -- we could banish the bear.