Sometimes the tit-for-tat exchanges of outrage between political candidates make me wonder: Are they for real? Or, like the trash talking between professional wrestlers matches on television, are they just meant to build up the box office take?

Risk is everywhere on Wall Street, but you needn't simply accept it. Instead, you can conquer it with stock options. TradingMarkets contributor Ken Trester breaks down the ins and outs of option trading.

Pakistani investors and traders ransacked stock exchanges in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad today, reacting furiously to a share-price rout that has decimated the life savings of many.

The Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating trading in oil futures to determine whether the surge in prices to record levels is the result of manipulation or fraud. They might want to take a look at wheat, rice and corn futures wh

Thursday brings a must-win assignment for a horse whose actual achievements are far outweighed by the volume of debate he has generated. Nothing so unusual in that - it happens in racing all the time.