By Shannon Zimmerman

The market's long-term trajectory is up, of course; but, as we've seen in recent days, there are plenty of fits and starts along the way.

By Tom Gardner and Rex Moore

The month is October ... the year is 1988. As the underdog Los Angeles Dodgers are shocking the Oakland A's in the World Series, Progressive Insurance is trading at $25. Adjusted for splits and dividends, that's around $0.65 per share.

By Toby Shute

With all the recent buzz surrounding the energy sector, I thought I'd define a common piece of industry jargon: Midstream.

By Richard Gibbons

When I look at Forbes' list of the world's billionaires -- a.k.a. the list of people who make more in a day than I have in my entire lifetime -- it becomes quite clear that there are two ways to make stupidly large amounts of money. Either build a company that grows to be worth billions, or become a successful investor.

A Unit Linked Insurance Plan, popularly called ULIP, is a financial product that offers the twin benefits of life insurance as well as an investment. Part of the premium paid goes towards the sum assured (amount one gets in a life insurance policy) and the balance gets invested in the investments one desires, be it equity, debt or a mixture of both. Thus, ULIP is life insurance solution that provides the benefits of protection and flexibility in investment.

The number of mutual fund schemes available in the market can bewilder anybody. With multiple schemes available, the small and the new investors do not know which one to buy. Investment in mutual funds cannot be avoided because the stock markets are on a high and the Sensex is crossing one milestone after the other. In spite of claims by many experts, the big correction has not yet happened.

Budget- the word is everywhere. Discussions, speeches, television, radios, newspapers, magazines, all one hears is the word ‘Budget’.

New Delhi:The lowering down the entry fees for the NLD and ILD players,the lucrative subsidies and all the magic have failed to get the Indian government the global firms landing up in the country's long distance telephony scenario.Following the centre's initiatives the ILD segment has till now got applications from five new firms including Siffy Communications,Dishnet Wireless,Shippingstop.com,Spice Communications,I21 entrerprises.The NLD sector has been approached by HCL infonet,Hughes Escorts Communication limited,HutchisonEssar,Tulip IT services.