Oct 24 Who is winning the U.S.-China trade war? Look at the stock markets By Paul Solman One way to look at the results since Trump fired the first salvo in the trade battle is to compare the performance of the rivals’ stock markets since that day. Continue reading
Oct 23 Dow Jones dives more than 500 points following slide in global markets By Alex Veiga, Associated Press Investors are growing increasingly unsettled by the prospects for China's economy and the cost of President Donald Trump's aggressive trade policies. Continue reading
Oct 16 Dow climbs 547 points as stocks recover some of last week’s losses By Marley Jay, Associated Press U.S. stocks rocketed to their biggest gain in six months Tuesday following strong earnings from major financial and health care companies as well as encouraging reports on the economy. But even with the big gains, major indexes are still broadly… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 4:28 News Wrap: Stock market selloff ripples around the world In our news wrap Thursday, a market plunge reverberated across the globe after yesterday’s selloff, and Wall Street suffered another day of declines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 546 points. Also, the search for Indonesia’s tsunami victims was extended… Continue watching
Oct 11 Rising interest rates, trade tensions drive another day of steep stock declines By Marley Jay, Associated Press The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 546 points after dropping 831 points Wednesday. The two-day loss of 5.3 percent is the biggest for Dow since February. Continue reading
Oct 10 Dow industrials sink 831 points as tech stocks plunge By Marley Jay, Stan Choe, Associated Press Although the losses were widespread, stocks that have been the biggest winners on the market, including technology companies and retailers, suffered steep declines. Apple and Amazon both had their worst day in two and a half years. Continue reading
Oct 10 Trump says Federal Reserve ‘has gone crazy’ after big stock drop By Associated Press President Trump, who has been critical of the central bank's interest rate increases, told reporters that he thinks "the Fed is making a mistake." But he's also calling the drop "a correction we've been waiting for for a long time."… Continue reading
Sep 04 Amazon becomes second company to top $1 trillion. What does that mean? By Gretchen Frazee Amazon’s stock price hit 2,049 per share late Tuesday morning, putting its valuation above $1 trillion, before dropping back down. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 6:04 Why recent stock market gains might not benefit the economy By Paul Solman This week has marked the longest uninterrupted stock market gains in U.S. history, thanks in part to a steady economic recovery now nine years old. But another driver is the growth of stock buybacks: companies purchasing their own shares. Whether… Continue watching
Aug 22 What the longest bull market in history means for the economy and your investments By Gretchen Frazee Wednesday marked the longest bull market in the stock market's history, and financial analysts say the economy is strong enough that the gains could continue. Continue reading