Fear Factors: 5 Drivers of Today’s Stock Market Decline
Economic data from the past 24 hours — most of it bad — has investors hurdling toward the exits
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Stubborn About Stocks: When Analysts Refuse to Admit They’re Wrong
We all know the impulse. When confronted with evidence that we are wrong — whether in a domestic or professional setting — our pride often compels us to dig in our heels and refuse to acknowledge the error. Sometimes, …
Why Buffett’s Plan To Tax the Rich Won’t Fix the Debt
The chattering class is agape over an op-ed in The New York Times on August 14, written by a billionaire, for billionaires, and about billionaires. The op-ed was penned by investment legend Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire …
A Day Late and a Dollar Short? IPOs On Ice Until Market Improves
With Wall Street in chaos, IPO candidates are forced to play a waiting game.
Europe Bans Short Selling. Will the U.S. Follow Suit?
Short sales plague Europe — but they're likely not coming across the Atlantic.
Insider Trading: Look Who’s Buying on Wall Street
Individual investors have learned this week that trying to predict the direction of the stock market is a fool's game. But there is one group of major league investors who may actually deserve our attention: CEOs and other …
Is This — Dare We Say It — A Bear Market?
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.
Handle With Care: Market Crash Underscores — and Perhaps Causes — Fragile Consumer Confidence
Wells Fargo stock market analyst Al Goldman, who’s followed stocks for 50 years, once said, “Two emotions rule the stock market. One is greed and one is fear.” Make no mistake, greed is still alive and well on Wall Street. But …
Where Are Wall Street’s Value Investors?
Updated: 3:40 p.m.
Notwithstanding the modest bounce-back on Tuesday morning, Monday’s precipitous stock market decline probably won’t be the last of the ongoing meltdown, Wall Street seems to be saying.
One big reason for …
Downgrade Fever: How Wall Street Is Reacting, and Why
Average investors probably don’t like to hear it, but when it comes to reacting to major economic news like Standard & Poor’s U.S. debt downgrade on Aug. 5 — or even its downgrade of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Monday — …
5 Takeaways From Thursday’s Market Plunge
As Mike Tyson once put it: “Everyone has a plan until they’re hit in the face.”
Well, investors certainly took one on the chin Thursday, with the stock market falling 513 points – off 4.31%, as measured by the Dow Jones …