It's not a secret that many pension fund, mutual fund and hedge fund managers are concerned about high-frequency traders (HFTs). While their concerns are many, perhaps the biggest uncertainty involves the actual extent of HFT participation in the markets, their identities and their intent.

With the Dow Jones having reached 14,000, it can be said that the worst losses on the index since 2008 have been made whole. But does that mean the global economic crisis is over?

* Jobless claims drop to five-year low * Apple shares drop a day after results * Netflix jumps over 40 percent after reporting profit * Dow u...

By Sam Forgione NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) - Bill Gross, the co-founder and co-chief investment officer of bond giant PIMCO, says it ...

Some stock brokers seem to be feeling pessimistic about the market. This week, short sale recommendations among institutional brokers jumped to 44 ...

Financial markets around the world stormed higher Friday after European leaders came up with a breakthrough plan to rescue banks, relieve debt-burdene...

NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks sank on Wednesday as surging bond yields in Spain and Italy ratcheted up tensions in financial markets abou...

-- 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...

With globalization reshaping traditional business models, domestic stock-issuing firms are under increasing margin-reducing pressure from lean foreign competitors.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of June 30, 2011. These public stock hold...

Over the last few days we have seen a tremendous amount of volatility in the markets, epitomizing the lack of clarity with which many investors have struggled.

This post has been corrected. Thomas Lee, chief equity strategist at JPMorgan, would really, really like a tax repatriation holiday. Lee release...

(Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 closed out their sixth week of losses on Friday as further signs of a global economic slowdown set the stage for m...

Because of the tenuous situation in the Middle East, policymakers have to cool their jets. Prior to these events, the 'DO NOT WALK' sign was already flashing when it came to buying bonds.

Finally, I understand why loan volume at major banks remains stillborn. Bankers only want to write loans on their own draconian terms.

I am in love with copper, with coal, iron ore and oil, too, in that order, but not gold. Honchos scored with gold last year, but now gold is coming in, even with the Middle East in flux and incindiary.

The world is witnessing serious commodity inflation in oil, copper, iron ore and grains. All this could lead to tightening by central banks, worldwide.

The extremely undervalued, large cap quality stock universe is finally showing signs of life. Since late November, value stocks have been outperformin...

NEW YORK — No matter where they look, investors are seeing economic trouble. Stocks and interest rates plunged Tuesday after signs of slowing e...

What can an investor do? For advice, I sat down with Marc Harris of RBC, one of the few large banks that maneuvered a clear course through the economic turmoil.