Associated Press - April 16, 2009 4:43 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Gold prices are lower as investor optimism about an improving economy gains momentum.

This is the speech I gave earlier this week to a Pension Fund conference As we are one week removed from Opening Day, the eternal optimism this time of the year is always apparent. The weather gets nice and the forever belief of a fan is always ‘this is the year.’ Cub fans can relate, with no disrespect to them as I am the Cubs of my baseball fantasy rotisserie league, aka never won. There is also the hope now that 2009 will be the bear killer as we are just a few months away from matching t

Stocks Steady Despite Tepid Earnings Stocks were little changed Friday morning as new earnings reports were glum but not sufficiently alarming to jolt investors back to panic mode. The pattern that has played out over the last several days continued with new reports from Google , Citigroup and General Electric . Market Data Center > Most Actives | Gainers | Losers New Highs and Lows | Money Flows Intraday Futures | Currencies Video: Citi, GE Set