Mar 23 S&P records worst week in 2 years, as global stocks tumble due to trade fears By Marley Jay, Associated Press Stocks around the world plunged Friday as investors feared that a trade conflict between the U.S. and China, the biggest economies in the world, would escalate. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 3:39 What we can learn from past stock market crashes By Paul Solman The stock market took another nerve-wracking ride on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrials dropping more than 1,000 points. One explanation of this week's jitters is the idea that market prices are out of whack. So how low could we… Continue watching
Feb 08 Dow drops more than 1,000 points as stocks continue to slide By Associated Press The market opened little changed on Thursday but started to fall in early trading and extended its losses throughout the morning. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 5:13 Before this week's roller-coaster trading, the stock market was 'unusually calm' By PBS News Hour Global markets have been on a roller coaster ride for the past three days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 500 points Tuesday morning, but ended up more than 500 points. John Yang learns more from Neil Irwin… Continue watching
Feb 05 Analysis: 5 reasons the market is crashing, and 2 caveats By Paul Solman How low could the markets go? After the Crash of '29, the S&P index bottomed out in March of 1933 at around six. In other words, the S&P dropped by more than 80 percent. (The Dow actually fell by almost… Continue reading
Feb 05 Dow plunges more than 1,000 points Monday after major drop last week By Daniel Bush The Dow dropped by as many as 1,500 points, before rebounding to close the day down nearly 1,200 points. Continue reading
Feb 02 Dow falls 666 points, capping worst week on Wall Street in 2 years By Michael Rios Investors said the drop was partly due to fears of rising inflation, which could lead to an increase in interest rates in the coming months. Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch 5:08 Trump's agenda is fueling investor confidence. Will it last? By PBS News Hour The Dow Jones and other indexes were already doing well when Donald Trump won the presidential election. And the overall jump of recent weeks has accelerated mightily, rising from just above 18,000 on election day to breaking 21,000 this week. Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch 3:43 Positive fiscal signs amid a slow-growth economy By PBS News Hour The U.S. economy has slowed since the 1990s, but in the final month of President Obama’s term, 156,000 jobs were added and unemployment held at 4.7 percent. As President Donald Trump took office last week, the Dow Jones closed above… Continue watching
Jan 25 Column: How Chicken Little got Dow 20,000 so terribly wrong By Terry Burnham Economist Terry Burnham predicted that the Dow Jones Industrial Average would hit 5,000 before it hit 20,000. With the Dow hitting 20,000 today, Burnham discusses how he got it so wrong. Continue reading