News Corp.’s plan to split itself into two companies marks the end of an era for Rupert Murdoch‘s decades-long, largely …
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After More Stock Market Milestones, Is It Time to Breathe Easy?
It’s been a heady week for the markets: The Dow Jones Industrials burst through 13,000; the Nasdaq skipped over 3,000 for the first time since 1999; and yesterday the S&P500 topped 1,400 for the first time in almost four years. …
Why the Stock Market Rally Isn’t Likely to Last
U.S. share prices are rising, even though the economic picture both here and in Europe is getting worse. Why is it happening and what should you do about it?
Market Tanks on Recession Fears (So What Else is New?)
When the Federal Reserve issues a statement warning about “significant downside risk” to the global economy, you don’t have to be Warren Buffett to guess what happens next – stock prices are going to take a dive.
And so they did. By the end of Wednesday trading, the Dow Jones industrial average had fallen 391.01 points, or …
Is the Stock Market Finally Bouncing Back?
The Federal Reserve provided some clarity to the financial markets, but investors aren't out of the woods yet.
Were You Really Surprised by the Market Downturn?
Just as investors were starting to hope that the worst was past, last week the stock market suffered its worst decline in nearly seven years.
Headlines attributed the slump to unexpectedly bad economic numbers. But you have to …
Happy -778th anniversary, baby
It was a year ago today that the Dow fell 777.68 points in reaction to the House rejecting version 1.0 of the bank bailout plan.
That was the biggest point drop ever, although in percentage terms it didn’t even make the top 10. It was also, in retrospect, a reasonable (if a bit sudden) reassessment of the prospects for corporate …
