Bill Barnhart

When Leo Padzunas of Orland Park left his computer to work out midday Thursday, he was up $3,000 in his day-trading account. When he returned, he was down $6,000. Padzunas,...

After a string of juicy profit gains beginning five years ago, third-quarter 2007 numbers overall look to be thin soup. But a number of companies will give their reports some...

You know the guy who was thrilling in high school but turned out to be dull, except for his starring role in class reunions. If it keeps up the largely...

Stocks ended mostly lower in thin trading Monday, as renewed weakness in energy and financial service stocks outweighed gains in information technology shares. Trading was muted by Columbus Day closings...

The phrase "wall of worry," currently in vogue in stock-price trend analysis, is an investing chestnut that conveys irony as well as insight. The metaphor denotes the fact that stock...

For my last birthday, my wife gave me a three-wheel cart for my golf bag, so I can push instead of pull. Among its features, the cart has inflatable tires...

Stocks closed mostly higher in thin trading Thursday, ahead of Friday's scheduled report on job growth and unemployment in September. The report is considered critical to the prospects for economic...

If you are thinking of what outfit to wear at this year's Halloween parties, here's an idea especially fitting for active investors: Buy a flowing, blond wig and a pastel...

Professional stock pickers faced tough tests in summer school this year, as third-quarter results of the Tribune's mutual fund panel indicate. But it might be too early to assign grades....

Stocks rallied sharply Monday to begin the final quarter of 2007, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to a record-closing high. An absence of any bombshell in a third-quarter financial...