Futures are trading above fair values this morning as Wall Street prepares for a strong start to the day. There are two main factors at work today, strong earnings from computer giant Dell Computer (NASDAQ: DELL), and positive economic data on consumer spending that came out this morning. DELL reported its first quarter numbers last night, and easily beat analyst estimates for the quarter, showing earnings of 38 cents per share, which ...

Oil prices have continued to move higher today, hitting a new record high of $130.47 as investors continue to push prices higher in reaction to the slumping American dollar. Last week it had started to look as though the dollar was making a comeback, but that has changed, and now the dollar is once again dropping, and as a result oil prices are moving into new territory. The euro is moving ...

Shares of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) are getting nailed this morning following a weak first quarter earnings report from the home improvement retailer. Going into this morning's earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see the Atlanta based retailer to post earnings of 37 cents per share, but the company disappointed those expectations, with actual earnings of only 21 cents a share, on net income of $356 million. Sales dropped 3.4% ...

Despite surging food prices, inflation was actually a bit lower in April than the 0.3% inflation that we saw back in March. According to the Labor Department, inflation moved up 0.2% in April, which was slightly under the 0.3% inflation in March. Analysts had been expecting to see inflation rise by 0.3% again in April. If you exclude food and energy costs, then you are left with a core inflation, which was ...

With oil prices moving as high as they have over the past year, many of you are probably wondering when will we see prices start to retreat? While the pain oil prices is causing at the pump is likely to have everyone wishing for a drop in oil prices, this may be something that is just not in the cards at this time. There are a lot of reasons to believe ...