Stocks start the week with a thud
Stocks skidded Tuesday, with the Dow industrials losing as much as 306 points, amid renewed fears of a eurozone debt crisis and concerns about the global economy.
Is the euro doomed?
After a summer fraught with uncertainty, investors in Europe returned this week from holiday to find the eurozone sovereign debt crisis may actually be getting worse.
10-year yield hits record low
Investors plowed into Treasuries Tuesday, as fears about a slowing U.S. economy and a deepening European debt crisis continued to grow, boosting demand for the safety of U.S. government debt.
Brace for limited profit forecasts
Corporate America’s strong earnings have been pushing stocks higher for more than two years now, but there are early signs that the momentum many companies have had in this miserable economy is beginning to fade away.
Jobs and Europe dominate
After a three-day weekend, investors will return to a market anxiously anticipating crises: a double-dip recession and a European debt crisis. Both have the potential to roil markets already on edge.
European stocks plunge on debt concerns
European stocks fell sharply on Monday on renewed fears of a eurozone debt crisis and concerns about the global economy.
Banks take it on the chin … again
Bank stocks sank Friday amid reports that federal housing authorities were planning to sue several financial firms for allegedly misrepresenting the value of mortgage-backed securities. And indeed, after the market closed the government agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac filed suit against 17 big financial institutions.
‘No confidence’ sparks rush to safety
Fear about a liefeless economy drove traders to stock up on gold and offload oil Friday, after the government’s big jobs report showed that hiring screeched to a halt last month.
10-year Treasury yield near record low
Investors flocked to the safety of Treasuries Friday after the government released a dismal report about the U.S. job market, heightening worries about another recession.
Jobs report pushes traders to gold
A bundle of bad news hit stocks hard across the board on Friday — with the biggest blow being the August U.S. jobs report.
Emerging market bonds take on safe haven status
As they cope with the market’s twists and turns, investors are finding comfort in a new kind of security blanket: emerging market bonds.
Gold wedding bands dumped for tungsten
Forget about sentimentality and tradition.
Retailers get back-to-school sales bump
Consumers say they’re as pessimistic about the economy as they were in the middle of the Great Recession, but that didn’t stop them from opening their wallets last month.
$350,000 in cash. Time to invest?
My wife and I are 43 and have about $350,000 in retirement accounts. Over the last couple of years, I’ve moved the money between stock, bond and money-market funds. But since I’m nervous about the market, all of it is in money funds now. What’s the best way to move back into the markets? — K.A., Bay City, Mich.
5 reasons to be bullish on stocks
Debt ceiling debates! European fiscal mayhem! High unemployment! Don’t let it get you down. Your portfolio may survive just fine.
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Stocks shed early gains, turn mixed
Stocks pulled back from an early rally and turned mixed Wednesday, as investors remain cautious about the economy ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s key speech later this week.
Treasury yields boosted by economic bright spot
Treasury yields rose after a better-than-expected report on orders for long-lasting goods temporarily distracted investors from looking ahead to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech in two days.
Japan unveils plan to reel in yen’s rise
The Japanese government announced a plan aimed at weakening its currency, without directly intervening.
The zombie banks are back
I don’t come to praise the big banks. But I am not here to bury them either — even though several of the larger banks are looking suspiciously zombie-like again.
Is yield curve signaling a recession?
Amid the growing number of signs that the United States may tip back into a recession, the bond market is sounding its own siren.
Bank stocks get hammered
Shares of the biggest U.S. banks fell to fresh 52-week lows Tuesday following talk that Bank of America may need to raise up to $200 billion to recapitalize.
Oil rallies, putting Libya on back burner
Oil prices jumped 2% Tuesday as investors put Libya’s turmoil on the back burner and focused on the stock market rally.
Bank of America’s stock takes a beating
Bank of America shares fell within spitting distance of a new 52-week low Monday, fueled by investors’ nervousness over the bank’s balance sheet and its continued exposure to mortgage-related losses.
Gold tops $1,900, looking ‘a bit bubbly’
Gold prices have been on a tear lately, topping a fresh record high above $1,900 an ounce late Monday– just two weeks after rising above $1,800.
Libyan oil could take years to come back
If Libyan rebels are successful in their bid to oust the country’s longtime dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, analysts say Libya’s prized “light oil” should begin trickling back on the market within a few months.
Should HP be kicked out of Dow?
The Dow Jones industrial average already has a successful technology company that has pulled back on consumer gadgets in order to emphasize software and services. Its name is IBM.
Oil market’s ‘knee jerk reaction’ to Libya
Oil prices were mixed Monday as Moammar Gadhafi’s regime appeared to be closer to tottering on the brink of defeat.
Is Europe facing a credit crunch like 2008?
The sovereign debt problems in Europe have roiled financial markets around the world.
Stocks may recover. But don’t expect much.
The major stock indexes are now down for the year thanks to the turmoil this August, but Wall Street experts are optimistic that the market will stage a comeback soon.
Stocks: Fear takes center stage
Nervous investors hoping for a reprieve this week will be disappointed.
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Stocks seesaw after Thursday’s rout
U.S. stocks wavered between gains and losses on Friday as investors continue to focus on Europe’s debt crisis and the future of the U.S. economy.
HP plummets 23% to six-year low
Shares of Hewlett-Packard tumbled Friday morning following the company’s announcement that it is seeking to spin-off its PC division and will kill off the hardware line it built around Palm’s webOS.
Euro debt crisis: ‘No solution in sight’
European leaders are under intense pressure to come up with a long-term solution to the debt problems straining the European Union to its breaking point.
Asia ends lower, Europe starts in the red
World stock markets fell Friday, following a bruising sell-off in global markets during the previous session. Asian stocks ended broadly lower, European stocks opened in the red and U.S. futures pointed to a down start.
Stagflation signs: Bond yields down. Gold up
Is that a disco ball I see?
10-year Treasury yield hits record low
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note dropped to an all-time low Thursday, as investors rushed to the safety of U.S. debt in the wake of a huge stock sell-off.
HP kills TouchPad, to exit PC business
Hewlett Packard is taking a hatchet to its business and doing some radical restructuring.
Runnin’ scared: VIX fear gauge spikes 35%
Wall Street’s key measure of volatility, the VIX, soared 35% Thursday following a quartet of downbeat economic reports and a dour outlook from Morgan Stanley.
Bank stocks tank, gold and Treasuries surge
Stocks are down across the board this morning due to mounting challenges ahead for global growth.
Trading slows after week of market mayhem
It looks like Wall Street is back to doing what it does best in August – going on vacation.
Gold hits new record near $1,830 an ounce
Gold prices are again marching in record territory, nearing $1,830 an ounce, as the global economic picture gets uglier by the minute.
U.S. ‘dangerously close’ to recession – Morgan Stanley report
A pessimistic report on the global economy from Morgan Stanley — particularly about the United States and Europe — sent the world’s stock markets tumbling Thursday.
Market slide’s good news? Higher dividend yields
If you’re still having a hard time stomaching the market’s recent drop, consider this upside: yields on dividend-paying stocks are now even sexier than they were before.
Euro bonds: Magic bullet for debt crisis?
Many key European nations share a common currency, but not a common debt load. That has to change. Now.
Computers rule Wall Street
The computers have taken over Wall Street, and they’re taking investors on a wild ride.
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