Corporations selliing more debt, taking advantage of low rates to make acquisitions and buyback stock, sending yet another signal that credit markets are returning to normal.

Shares of Citigroup Inc. and the broader financial sector traded higher Monday following reports that hedge-fund manager Paulson & Co. bought 300 million Citi shares during the third quarter.

The past quarter decade was a fun one for the American consumer. But after all that borrowing and spending consumers have re-discovered the benefits of thrift and prudence. This is good news for personal balance sheets but bad news for credit card companies.In a recent report Fitch Ratings forecast that US credit card issuers will continue suffering with respect to their earnings over the near term as a result of the lousy labor market bankruptcies and losses. The report as summarized here for us by the gang at Zacks Equity Research notes that major credit card issuers are still ...

While the U.S. markets remain within an uptrend, the S&P 500 has risen to significant resistance at the 2009 peak.

U.S. financial stocks were posting their best performance in a week and a half late Monday, as the bellwether ETF tracking the sector rose more than 3%.

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