The biggest rise in the unemployment rate since 1986 is an "aberration" and investors who sold equities Friday are "completely misreading" the outlook for economic growth, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. ...more

June 7, 2008

Investors have found plenty of reasons to be optimistic about Wal-Mart of late, as the company found the right mix of merchandise and marketing to complement its refocus on low prices at a time when Americans are seeking less expensive options. ...more

June 4, 2008

Dark clouds continue to hang over the economy: The manufacturing sector shrank for the fourth consecutive month, construction spending has been falling for more than two years, future orders are down and prices are skyrocketing. ...more

June 3, 2008

Billionaire investor George Soros said the "acute phase" of the financial crisis is "largely behind us" even as the U.S. economy is only now starting to feel the effect. ...more

May 8, 2008

Every January, my husband and I update our finances, but this year's review nearly sent me over the edge. ...more

February 3, 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

The Federal Reserve, confronted by deepening panic in global financial markets about a possible recession in the United States, struck back on Tuesday with the biggest one-day reduction of interest rates on record and at least temporarily stopped a vertigo-inducing plunge in stock prices. ...more

January 23, 2008

Don't panic. That advice could probably serve as a stand-in for "hello" at many brokerages these days. With Wall Street stumbling - particularly since the beginning of the year - uneasy investors are calling on financial advisers with an urgency not seen since the start of the decade. ...more

January 23, 2008

Wall Street extended its 2008 plunge Thursday, tumbling after a regional Federal Reserve report showed a sharp decline in manufacturing activity and as investors feared that downgrades of key bond insurers could trigger further trouble with souring debt. ...more

January 18, 2008

Fed chairman Ben Bernanke borrowed a page from Alan Greenspan's crisis playbook when he promised emphatically to cut interest rates further if the weak economy needs the help. ...more

January 11, 2008