Stock Markets

Out Out-of-Whack Economy and the Happy Talk Propagandists

Dave Lindorff | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics


Dave Lindorff

Recession ending? Don't bet on it.

China Jitters

Diane Francis | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business


Diane Francis

The Middle Kingdom has taken its place among the world's most important economies, and China is jittery.

Financials lead stocks to best week since November

AP | SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — A sharp rebound in bank shares and easing worries about the economy pushed stocks to their best week since late November. The market...

Dow Dips Below 7,000

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — A relentless sell-off in the stock market Monday blew through barriers that would have been unthinkable just weeks ago, and investors...

Stock Market Slide Hits Three-Month Low, Near November Level

Posted 03.20.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slid on Tuesday, sending Wall Street near bear-market lows as grim regional manufacturing data signaled the recession is w...

Buffett's Wrong: Stay Out of Stocks

Diane Francis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business


Diane Francis

Far be it from me to contradict one of the world's greatest stock sages and business analysts. But I will.

Asian markets plunge after huge Wall Street losses

AP | TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 11.09.2008 | Business


TOKYO — A massive sell-off on Wall Street and an escalating global equity crisis sent Asian stocks plunging Friday, with Japan's benchmark Nikke...

A Crash Course in Economics

Larry Beinhart | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business


Larry Beinhart

As I read the economics news, I'm having that exact same sensation, that we're in a slow motion crash.

Best Business Twitter Feeds: Microblogging The Money Of The World

Huffington Post | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business


Twitter, the free micro-blogging and social networking site, enables its readers to (among other things) chat about stock news and share tips. The sit...

First Half Of 2008 Worst Start For Dow In Nearly Four Decades

Reuters | Jennifer Ablan | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business


The worldwide credit crisis that burst onto investors' radar screens nearly a year ago wiped out some $3.3 trillion in wealth from global stock market...

Super-Rich Actually See Wealth Grow

Reuters Via CNBC | Posted 04.04.2008 | Business


Wealth held by rich investors with assets over $1 million is set to grow 50 percent in the next five years to $75 trillion, according to a report publ...

McCain Speaks On Plunging Economy: "Underpinnings Are Strong"

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Unwilling to take accountability for the last seven years of mismanagement over the nation's economy, conservatives are eager to portray the current e...

Recession Fears Dominate Davos

Reuters | Adam Plowright | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The annual Davos gathering of the world's political and business elite opened Wednesday, dominated by the deep cut in US interest rates aimed at preve...

Oil Drops Below $90 a Barrel

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


SINGAPORE — Oil prices fell Monday in Asia as concern over the U.S. economy drove down regional stock markets and outweighed concern that OPEC w...

Gloom Envelopes World's Markets

Financial Times | Saskia Scholtes, Michael Mackenzie | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic concluded their worst week in months on Friday as deepening economic gloom prompted investors to ratchet u...