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Dow On Pace For Lowest Close Of 2012, Thanks To Greece

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.23.2012

U.S. stocks are headed for their worst day in six weeks, while the euro is at its lowest level in nearly two years, as markets freak out about the pro...

Stock Market Snaps Back From Six-Day Losing Streak

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2012

NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday to snap a six-day losing streak on the S&P 500, rebounding from equities' biggest weekly...

Goldman Director Starts Insider Trading Trial Today

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.21.2012

NEW YORK (AP) — The July 29, 2008, phone call between two titans of Wall Street began with the old friends exchanging mild pleasantries, but then qu...

Dow Has Longest Slump Since August

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.09.2012

-- OLD EUROPE: Political uncertainty in Europe intensified Wednesday, sending global markets broadly lower. Borrowing rates climbed for Spain and Ita...

Dow Jones Industrial Average Sees Fifth Straight Day Of Declines

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.09.2012

Political uncertainty in debt-hobbled Europe spread to financial markets Tuesday and pushed stocks lower in Europe and the United States. The Dow Jon...

Dow Surges To Highest Close In More Than Four Years

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 05.02.2012

NEW YORK — The fastest growth in U.S. manufacturing in 10 months gave stocks a lift Tuesday and pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its h...

Dow Surges To Highest Level In More Than Four Years

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

* Herbalife shares tank on Einhorn remarks * ISM manufacturing growth tops expectations * Chesapeake to replace McClendo...

Stocks Add To Gains In Late Rally

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

NEW YORK, April 26 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks added to gains in a late rally on Thursday, with the Dow rising 1 percent and the S&P 500 and the Nas...

Best Rally In A Month

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.12.2012

The U.S. stock market has shaken off its worst plunge in months by having a crazy two-day rally, fueled mainly by wishful thinking. The Dow Jones I...

Traders Took Their Heads Out Of Their Hands Today

AP | CHRISTINA REXRODE | Posted 04.12.2012

NEW YORK — Investors on Wednesday all but forgot the previous day's burdens and sent stocks soaring. It was a stark turnaround from the day befo...

Worst Market Streak Since August

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.10.2012

This is starting to get out of hand a little bit. Stocks on Tuesday suffered their worst selloff of the year and their fifth straight day of losses...

Stocks Close At Highest Level Since Before Crisis

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.02.2012

-- STRONG RISE: U.S. stocks rose to multi-year highs on Monday after a positive report on U.S. manufacturing. The Institute for Supply Management sai...

Why CEOs Love This Stock Market Rally

Reuters | Posted 04.03.2012

* Gains in stock options, restricted shares offset modest bonuses * Stock grants made during 2009 market lows now look good ...

Think 'Score Gains,' Not 'Stop Losses'

Natalie Pace | Posted 05.21.2012

Natalie Pace

I am constantly getting investors to think like "winners" instead of "losers." If the first thing you think about is losing, then the first thing you really need to work on is changing your mindset.

Dow Surges To Highest Level Since Before Crisis

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 05.13.2012

NEW YORK — Bank stocks turbocharged a rally across the financial markets Tuesday, and all three major stock indexes posted their biggest gains o...

Americans' Biggest Fear

AP | By MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 03.12.2012

NEW YORK -- The headlines say the financial crisis is behind us. The Dow is back to pre-financial crisis levels. Layoffs are the slowest since the fin...

Why Super-Sensitive Information Might Be Getting Leaked

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.08.2012

WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department is worried that people could leak its market-moving monthly jobs report to traders before its public release and is...

These Three Words Are Causing A Pavlovian Stock Rally Today

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.07.2012

Just how addicted is the stock market to the Fed's easy money? We just got a prime example. Late Wednesday morning, stocks were meandering along, n...

The Wheels On the Justice Bus Go Slowly Round And Round

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.07.2012

You need eight ounces to make a cup, but only seven and a half things are necessary for knowing each day. Here's your daily allotment: Thing One: S...

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Reality Check Sends Stocks To Worst Loss of 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.06.2012

Boy, the stock market sure sobered up in a hurry, didn't it? All at once, after rallying relentlessly all year, stocks caught a case of the heebie-...

Dow Takes Huge Plunge

AP | JOSHUA FREED | Posted 05.06.2012

Stocks suffered their biggest losses in three months Tuesday, the first hiccup in a strong and steady rally to start the year. Wall Street worried abo...

Is the Recovery in the Dow Jones an Illusion?

John R. Talbott | Posted 05.06.2012

John R. Talbott

2012-03-06-Screenshot20120306at8.19.32AM.pngNo matter how you cut and slice it, the Dow is not near its historical highs and any rebound you may have thought you had seen in US dollar terms is an illusion.

Dow Hits Huge Marker

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 04.29.2012

The Dow Jones industrial average rode a surge of confidence in the economy Tuesday to close above 13,000, a threshold it last crossed four months befo...

Corporations Are People, But Only Sometimes: Seven And A Half Things To Know

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.28.2012

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do. Seven and a half, on the other hand, is a far friendlier number, and it's the number of things you ne...

Tooth Fairy Being A Little Stingier Of Late

Posted 02.23.2012

The tooth fairy got a little less generous lastyear year. The going rate for teeth left under a pillow dropped 42 cents to $2.10 in 2011, accordin...