Here are four reasons that even dramatic political and economic news isn't rattling the stock market. more >>

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke just gave a speech that might have gotten him fired if he was still an economist over at the White House. The topic was trade, perhaps the new "third rail" of American politics. more >>

There is supposed to be a battle brewing in the Democratic Party–particularly over trade–between pro-growth centrists who want a return to Clintonomics (300 free-trade agreements, 23 million new jobs, a $6,200 increase in real median income) and spread-the-wealth neopopulists who argue that government needs to focus on stemming rising income inequality through higher taxes and nationalized healthcare.. more >>