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Stocks drifted lower Wednesday after an unexpected drop in home construction and disappointing forecasts from technology companies added to worries about the economic recovery.
Regulators on Friday shut small banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 119 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.
It has been clear for some time that business is getting better. The coming week will give investors an idea of how much.
A year ago this weekend, the Dow Jones industrial average had just finished a slow-motion crash. Over eight days, it fell 2,400 points, or 22 percent, and stood at 8,451.
Regulators have shut Warren Bank in Warren, Mich., and two small banks in Colorado and Minnesota, boosting the number of failed U.S. banks this year to 98 as loan defaults rise in the worst financial climate in decades.
Investors retreated further from stocks Friday as the pile of disappointing economic reports grew larger.
As the third quarter ends, the performance of many mutual funds confirms that investors have regained their taste for risk amid more signs of an economic recovery.
Gold and other metals slipped for the second straight day, along with most other commodities, as stocks and the U.S. dollar both posted gains Friday.
Track stocks for even a short time, and it can seem like an invisible hand is pushing and tugging at the market.
It's time to look in the closet for that crumpled Dow 10,000 cap.
Commodities prices sank across the board Monday as investors sought safer assets on fears that consumers' reluctance to spend is will stymie the economic recovery.
Investors might dread August more than kids fretting over the new school year.
Investors fled Treasurys Wednesday, worried the Federal Reserve might stop buying government debt.
A stock market that resumed its rally on upbeat earnings reports gets another batch of numbers this week — and must decide whether to keep going or backtrack.
Investors piled into technology stocks again to extend the market's rally.
Treasurys reversed early losses and moved higher for a second day in a row Tuesday as investors took comfort in remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that inflation will remain low.
Investors are hoping companies' streak of good earnings news continues this week.
It's report card season on Wall Street and investors are bracing for bad news.
Wall Street's spring rally has allowed many mutual funds to score an achievement that has eluded them throughout the credit crisis and recession: a winning quarter.
For the unsuspecting investor, quadruple witching can be just as scary as it sounds.
Investors are looking for more evidence of a recovery after the Federal Reserve's vote of confidence in the economy.
The summer slowdown is setting in on Wall Street.
The ups and downs of the Dow Jones industrial average may get most of the attention, but there's another stock index you should be watching: the Standard & Poor's 500, which offers a broader sense of how stocks are doing and determines the performance of many mutual funds.
The stock market is looking winded from its three-month race upward.
Wall Street reversed course late in the day, finishing lower as early gains built on better earnings reports from retailers faded away.
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