Gail Marks Jarvis

Despite their ongoing struggle to get customers to buy their products and services, large U.S. companies flush with cash are handing it out like candy to win investors' affections. Corporations...

After their Thanksgiving dinner, Tandreia Bellamy and her two teenage children headed to the Fox Valley mall near Chicago to do some shopping, but they had no intention of seeking...

Did Santa get stuck in Wall Street's chimney? After three down days in the stock market, investors are wondering if December will bring the gift of continued gains, or if...

Will shoppers be naughty or nice to retailers this holiday season? Retailers, of course, would consider it nice if shoppers spent the next four weeks rushing to cash registers with...

The Dow Jones industrial average closed slightly less than 24 points short of 16,000, at a record high Monday. The benchmark has climbed 22 percent this year — a surprising...

You couldn't pry individuals away from the safety of bonds, cash and CDs as the stock market climbed 26 percent just a month after hitting a scary low in March...

The economy is showing some signs of strength — not tremendous strength, mind you, but enough to prove there was adequate heft to weather the partial government shutdown and keep...

Do the political leaders who required you to bail out Wall Street in 2008 know how angry you and other Americans remain five years after the financial crisis? They do....

Have you heard that 70 is the new 65? If not, you will. Momentum is growing to get people to think that way before retiring. The notion is being trumpeted...