Filed under: Management , Personal finance , Politics , Recession What is your reaction to these numbers? In 2009, roughly 47% of households or 71 million will owe not federal tax, according the Tax Policy Center. Previous estimates were for 36% to pay no tax, but with the stimulus incentives passed by Congress, the numbers are getting larger.

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71 million households or 47% will pay no tax

Filed under: Stocks to Buy Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR ) is in that rare category called ‘broken stock, not broken company.’ Perhaps due to concern that regulatory hurdles that might hinder the upgrade of the nation’s electric transmission and distribution grid — a key business area for Quanta — the stock has exhibited sideways action since the June 11, 2009 Buy recommendation at a price of $24.76.

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Quanta Services believes in more power to more people

Filed under: Earnings reports , Bad news , Market matters , Agriculture Agricultural manufacturer Mosaic Co.

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Mosaic reports lower than expected first quarter earnings

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Dell (DELL) , FedEx Corp (FDX) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Oracle Corp (ORCL) Those with aspirations of unfettered wealth look for clues everywhere. From top schools to unique talents, they build profiles of what it takes to become absurdly wealthy … as though the process can be blueprinted.

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Seven characteristics of the rich and famous: a blueprint to uber-wealth

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Filed under: Housing Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.

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Debt-laden Hovnanian plans massive note sale to fund tender offer

Filed under: Housing , Cramer on BloggingStocks From TheStreet.com Network Bearish on Banks: TheStreet Says Citigroup, Bank of America Smeared Again: Today’s Outrage TheStreet.com’s Jim Cramer says stocks connected to the sector will take it on the chin if the housing index falls further. A perusal of the charts this weekend shows something surprising: The weakest group out there has been the homebuilders for several weeks now

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Housing stocks are key to this market

Filed under: eBay (EBAY) , Options eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) closed at $22.70. EBAY is scheduled to report Q3 EPS after the market close on October 21. EBAY November call option implied volatility closed at 38, puts at 45, January is at 35, puts at 43; verses its 26-week average of 43, according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD ) is recently trading at $8.30 in pre-open trading, above its close of $7.65

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Options Update: eBay volatility flat into EPS and PayPal commentary