A stunning about-face in bank shares handed the stock market its best week since November. ...more

March 14, 2009

Investors' despair about financial companies and the recession has brought the Dow Jones industrial average to another unwanted milestone: its first drop below 7,000 in more than 11 years. ...more

March 3, 2009

Wall Street saw a merciful end Wednesday to a dreadful year as stocks closed the last session of 2008 with a sizable advance. ...more

January 1, 2009

Investors believing that Wall Street is on the verge of a year-end rally piled into the market Tuesday, brushing off more weak economic data while they scarfed up stocks and propelled the Dow Jones industrials up 300 points to its highest close in four weeks. ...more

November 5, 2008

Next time you face sticker shock at the gas pump over a $4 gallon of gas, check out your pension fund's investments. They may explain much about the surge in oil prices. ...more

May 31, 2008

A jittery Wall Street advanced Monday, reversing some of Friday's sharp losses as investors took a dismal new home sales report as a sign the Federal Reserve will lower rates this week. ...more

January 29, 2008

Wall Street pulled off a stunning comeback Wednesday, surging higher in late trading and wiping out what looked to be another massive decline. The Dow Jones industrials, down more than 323 points in early trading, ended the day with an advance of just fewer than 300 points. ...more

January 24, 2008

Wall Street barreled higher Wednesday for the second day in a row, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its biggest two-day point gain in five years after a Federal Reserve official hinted that the central bank may lower interest rates again. ...more

November 29, 2007

In a bold strike, the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by a half point Tuesday - the first cut in more than four years - and left the door open to further relief to prevent a painful housing slump and jarring credit crunch from driving the country into recession. ...more

September 18, 2007