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Earnings season unofficially kicks off today, but 26 companies have already reported for the second quarter of this year. According to institutional data provider Capital IQ, here are some of the highlights so far:

During the first quarter, it seemed cyclical companies would rule the roost in 2011. How things have changed! Defensive stocks have come roaring back. Oil is well off its highs, and growth estimates are coming down in the U.S. and China. In that context, how do you want to position your portfolio?

Stocks rallied on the first trading day of the new year as manufacturing data at both home and abroad bolstered the case for the global economic recovery.

While aggressive corporate cost cutting is helping keep bottom lines from shrinking as fast as they otherwise might, the real problem for investors is the even bigger plunge in the sales of their top lines. Yet if a Goldman Sachs Group (GS) analyis is correct, there are three industries which...

The third quarter is now in the books and here's what we've learned about U.S. equities over the last three months: Riskier stocks are still hot, defensive names are not, and the so-called reflation trade is alive and well. Oh, and September isn't always the cruelest month for equities. The broad...

I'm not much of a shopper, but there's one place in Columbus that turns me into a kid in a candy store. That place is The Habitat For Humanity Build It Again Center.The Center, a K-Mart-sized building on the north side of town, is jammed with building supplies donated by homeowners, contractors,...